Ahmed Bhamji is a Fiji Indian businessman and National Federation Party politician.
Career At 32 he became the youngest mayor in the country when he was elected the mayor of Ba.Fiji: Race and Politics in an Island State, UBC Press, Michael C. Howard, page 377 In the 1987 general election for the House of Representatives, he won the North Eastern National Constituency for the National Federation Party - Fiji Labour Party coalition, defeating the sitting Alliance Party candidate by 12,786 votes to 9,946.Candidates and Voting by Seat for the 1987 Election He became Minister for Communications, Transport and Works in the month-long Bavadra government.Achievements of FLP
Following the 1987 Fijian coups d'état, he immigrated to New Zealand,Review - International Commission of Jurists, Issues 40-47, 1988, page 12 and now lives in Auckland New Zealand. As of March 2019 he is the chairman of Mt Roskill Masjid E Umar; the largest mosque in New Zealand.Mossad behind Christchurch attacks, head of New Zealand’s biggest mosque claims, JTA, 27 March 2019
At an Auckland rally organised by "Love Aotearoa Hate Racism", a video emerged of Bhamji falsely accusing Mossad, the intelligence agency of Israel, for the Christchurch massacre of Muslims. Bhamji offered no proof for his speculation.NEW ZEALAND STOKES ANTISEMITISM IN AFTERMATH OF MOSQUE MASSACRE, JPost, SETH J. FRANTZMAN, 27 March 2019 The New Zealand Human Rights Commission commented on the matter, saying that "Prejudice against Jewish people has no place in New Zealand" and "We must condemn racism, hate and anti-Semitism whenever we see it".Human Rights Commission calls out Muslim leader who blamed Mossad for Christchurch attack, Newshub, 27 March 2019 Mustafa Farouk, president of Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand, released a statement saying "recent comments by an individual do not represent the views of the Muslims of New Zealand".New Zealand Muslim Leader Dismisses Colleague’s Claims That Mossad Ordered Mosque Killings, Haaretz, 29 March 2019NZ Islamic organization refutes Bhamji’s comments, FBC News, Ana Ravulo, 30 March 2019
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