The Muslim Council of Britain, the country’s main Muslim organisation, has decided to maintain its boycott of Holocaust Memorial Day.

The MCB’s policy is not to take part in the UK’s commemorations of the mass murder of Jews because it does not mention non-Jewish victims of genocide.

It had been reconsidering this, but the BBC has learned the MCB has decided to boycott this year’s event too.

Organisers said the day was relevant to all communities.

“The Holocaust emerged out of European civilisation and is therefore an issue for us all,” Holocaust Memorial Day Trust chairman Stephen Smith said.

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