1st UK Muslim to fall in Afghanistan hailed as 'true Brit'
Afp, London
The first Muslim soldier in the British army to die on active duty in Afghanistan was hailed Tuesday in his adopted country's popular press as a "hero" and "a true Brit". Lance Corporal Jabron Hashmi, 24, died with Corporal Peter Thorpe, 27, in a Taliban attack on Saturday, bringing to five the number of British troops killed in Helmand province since their deployment in April. His portrayal in patriotic terms came three days ahead of the first anniversary of the London bombings, in which four British Muslims killed themselves and 52 others in Britain's worst-ever terrorist attack. "British Muslim, British hero... Asian immigrant died in Afghanistan, proudly serving the country he loved," read the page-one headline in the Daily Mail, self-styled voice of the conservative English middle class.
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