On Eid al-Fitr, it's a fitting time to remember the many Muslims who fought for the Allies during WWII.

Noor Inayat Khan GC served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force & Special Operations Executive.

Discover her incredible story in the Sunday #MegaThread

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Noor was only 25 when WWII began in 1939.

Born into royalty in India, her father was a Sufi preacher. The Khans moved from Russia to Britain, and then France.

Noor was a talented youngster, playing the harp and piano. She also became fluent in French.

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Khan fled to England after France fell at the end of 1940.

She joined the WAAF, and was trained as a wireless operator.

Her linguistic and technical skills would prove useful, as she was posted to the France section of the SOE around 1943.

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Noor was the first female radio operator to be sent into occupied France.

Assuming the name Jeanne-Marie Renier, Khan posed as a children's nurse.

To the SOE, she was known by the codename 'Madeleine'.

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Despite the risks she faced by being a British spy in occupied France, Khan refused to leave - despite all of the agents in her network being arrested.

Her work became crucial to the war effort - she was the only link between Paris agents and London.

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Noor Khan was betrayed by a Frenchwoman and arrested by the Gestapo.

Despite being imprisoned and tortured, she refused to reveal any information.

She attempted escape, but was re-captured and classified as "highly dangerous". This meant solitary confinement.

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Khan was transferred to Dachau concentration camp in 1944.

In a final act of defiance, her final word as the German firing squad raised their weapons...

"Liberte"

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Noor Khan was posthumously awarded the George Cross, for displaying the most conspicuous courage, both moral and physical, over a period of more than 12 months.

We Will Remember Her.

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Read more about the impressive story of Noor Inayat Khan GC.

https://www.messynessychic.com/2017/06/06/the-muslim-wwii-heroine-that-time-forgot/

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/resistance-noor-inayat-khan.html

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