Asghar Bukhari
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Asghar Bukhari | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British Pakistani |
| Occupation | Founding Member of MPACUK |
Asghar Bukhari is a founding member of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK (MPACUK).[citation needed] Asghar believes that it is his duty as a Muslim to engage in the community and be politically active,[1] and has run into controversy over accusations of antisemitism.
Controversy
David Irving
In 2006, Bukhari had sent the English writer and Holocaust-denier David Irving a £60 cheque and a letter headed with a quote attributed to John Locke, "All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good people to stand idle".[2] Bukhari said that he felt that Irving was "being smeared for nothing more than being anti-Zionist" and that the "pro-Israeli lobby often accuse[s] people of anti-Semitism". He said he was not antisemitic, and thought that Irving was just an anti-Zionist, not a Holocaust denier, when he donated money to him.[2]
Bukhari then published an audiocast in which he stated: "David Irving claimed he was not anti-Semitic and was in fact being attacked by the powerful pro-Israeli lobby; in short, being smeared ... I believed him, it's as simple as that ... I would not have supported anyone who is anti-Semitic".[3]
During the Gaza War, Bukhari wrote in a Facebook thread: "Muslims who fight against the occupation of their lands are 'Mujahadeen' and are blessed by Allah. And any Muslim who fights and dies against Israel and dies is a martyr and will be granted paradise ... There is no greater oppressor on this earth than the Zionists, who murder little children for sport." The British Centre for Social Cohesion passed his comments onto the police. The Centre then reported Bukhari for contravening the new law banning 'glorification of terrorism'."[4][5]
Charlie Hebdo
On 8 January 2015 in a live Sky News broadcast the day after 12 people were murdered in the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo, Bukhari repeatedly said the murdered cartoonists of Charlie Hebdo were racists.[6][7][8]
Shoe Theft
In June of 2015, Bukhari made a public post on Facebook saying that Zionists intimidated him by entering his home and stealing one of a pair of his shoes. [9]. He went on to say that it is possible that these tactics are used by various organisation for intimidation. [10]
Comments on Woolwich Attacks
After the Murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich, Bukhari appeared on BBC news channel.[11] Aisha Patel of the New York Daily Sun criticized the BBC for inviting Bukhari to give his opinion and said "Asghar Bukhari is not representative of Muslims. He is a representative of political Islam which has no place in British politics in the hothead, extremist form personified by Bukhari."[12]
External links
- Bukhari interview on YouTube
- Bukhari Controversy at Queen Mary University
- The Great Debate: The truth about Zionism
References
- ^ Radio 4 Current Affairs Analysis Koran and Country: How Islam Got Political
- ^ a b Doward, Jamie (18 November 2006). ["Muslim leader sent funds to Irving: Islamic activist admits he donated cash to jailed historian who denied the Holocaust". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Asghar Bukhari and The David Irving Smear Campaign". Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK. 20 November 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ http://www.jpost.com/International/Think-tank-Muslim-group-spokesman-praised-terror
- ^ On Air Debate, Sky News Broadcast, 8 January 2015, UK
- ^ http://news.sky.com/video/1404542/sky-news-debate-freedom-of-speech
- ^ https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/video-moderate-asghar-bukhari-sanction-paris-massacre-on-sky-news-debate/
- ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/asghar-bukhari-muslim-campaigner-claims-5878024
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGc83LRpYaY
- ^ http://www.newyorkdailysun.com/bbcs-grave-error-asghar-bukhari/
- ^ http://www.newyorkdailysun.com/bbcs-grave-error-asghar-bukhari/