Charity Chairman allegedly shared “Zio-zombies” post and claims Israel masterminded 9/11 attacks
The Chairman of a charity is alleged to have shared posts about “Zio-zombies” and claims that Israel masterminded the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Nasar Mahmood, Chairman of the Manchester-based British Muslim Heritage Centre (BMHC), is also reported to have used his social media to publish other incendiary posts and conspiracy theories, including the accusation that Israel harvests organs from Palestinians.
The claim that Israel is harvesting of organs is reminiscent of the medieval blood libel, in which Jews were alleged to murder Christian children in order to use their blood in religious rituals.
According to the International Definition of Antisemitism, “Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g. claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterise Israel or Israelis” is an example of antisemitism.
Screenshots also appear to show a 2019 Facebook post from Mr Mahmood’s account which links to an article claiming Nick Griffin, former leader of the far-right BNP, accepted money from Zionists in order to attack Islam.
These reports arrive only weeks after we wrote that we would be writing to both the Charity Commission and the Honours Forfeiture Committee over incendiary social media posts that were understood to have been shared by the BMHC’s Chief Executive, Maqsood Ahmad OBE.
Mr Ahmad, who was reported by the Jewish News to have posted several inflammatory tweets in reference to Zionism and Zionists, is understood to no longer work at the BMHC.
One such post allegedly said: “The Holocaust and Nazism wasn’t just the gas chambers. It had many things that Zionism is today, to a degree…They wail ‘never again’ – but never is happening again. Don’t take my word for it. The decent Jewish are even saying it.”
According to the International Definition of Antisemitism, “Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis” is an example of antisemitism.
Mr Ahmad also reportedly left a comment beneath a video of a man burning the Israeli flag stating: “Respect, these are the real Jews.”
The JC reported that Mr Ahmed also ‘liked’ Twitter posts in which a United States ambassador and a Congressman was referred to as a “ZioNazi” and one which asserted that Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development, David Lammy, had been “bought and paid for” by the Israeli lobby.
He was also said to have retweeted an image of the Statue of Liberty with its eyes covered by the flag of Israel, alongside the caption: “Palestine [sic] isn’t the only country occupied by zionism.” Mr Ahmed is also alleged to have commented, in response to a post from comedian David Baddiel about rapper Kanye West, that “Kanye West may be dangerous but not as dangerous as Zionist Government of Isreal [sic] who continue to discriminate and occupy Palistinian [sic] land…”
A statement from the BMHC released at the time, apparently signed off by Mr Mahmood, said that Mr Ahmad’s “views are not consistent with the views of the British Muslim Heritage Centre.”
Trustees of the BMHC have now said that “Maqsood Ahmad left his position as CEO of the BMHC at the end of April,” adding that “We are also reviewing our training, policies and procedures, and will seek support from relevant organisations to strengthen our approach in these areas for both staff and trustees.”
