The public executions of Indian Muslims soldiers by British firing squad for refusing to fight in WWI (The 1915 Singapore Mutiny)

The public executions of Indian Muslims soldiers by British firing squad for refusing to fight in WWI (The 1915 Singapore Mutiny)

The public executions of Indian Muslims soldiers by British firing squad for refusing to fight in WWI (The 1915 Singapore Mutiny).

The 5th Light Infantry Regiment of the Indian Army arrived in Singapore from Madras in October 1914. They had been sent to replace the Yorkshire Light Infantry, which had been ordered to France. The regiment was a long-established one dating from 1803. Unusually for 1914-15, it was an entirely Muslim unit.

In November 1914, the British government decided to send the 5th Light Infantry to Hong Kong. However, rumors were circulated among the sepoys that they might be sent to Europe or Turkey to fight against their Muslim brethren. When the order to sail to Hong Kong aboard the Nile arrived in February 1915, the sepoys (Indian soldiers), believing the rumors to be true, decided it was the time to rebel.

The British soldiers raped the mothers and sisters of Indian men. My great grandparents lived in Poland during WW1 and WW2 and witnessed the awful tragedies of both wars. The Bolshevik's (Russians) would round

up every village in the east and south of Poland and cleanse them whilst leaving behind the women for rape before killing them as well, and then after WW2, they claimed Poland as their territory and made a communistic territory that destroyed Poland's future and regressed them 100 years backwards.

The Nazi regime was set to cleanse Poland and fill it with Aryan German's, and they would have been very close to doing this if not for. Their loss during the Second World war.l could go on and on about the crimes done to Poland during these wars, but that's beside the point and the point that I'm trying to make is that everyone has.

been hurt in one way or another during the course A of history, and the first thing that comes to mind is revenge. Unfortunately, revenge won't justify.

anything that's been done to them, it will only create more room for hatred, that's why the best way to live with it is to let it go.

We must remember how we were hurt so we don't forget about the victims, but revenge will only create more room for hatred and atrocities. It's better to let go and save more lives than justify the wrongdoings with another atrocity.

1915 was a different time. 1915 was a different time morally, culturally, and of

course geographically, and the execution was because they were mutineers, and during the war, any mutineer was treated badly. Therefore, the post has very little significance whether Muslims were discriminated because it doesn't take into account that all mutineers were most likely executed if found guilty in trial

They mutinied, killing both fellow soldiers and civilians. Only a small number of those tried were executed. Considering it was a wartime context, that was pretty lenient of

course geographically, and the execution was because they were mutineers, and during the war, any mutineer was treated badly. Therefore, the post has very little

significance whether Muslims were discriminated because it doesn't take into account that all mutineers were most likely executed if found guilty in 

They mutinied, killing both fellow soldiers and civilians Only a small number of those tried were executed. Considering it was a wartime context, that was pretty lenient.