Ahmed Bhamji is a Fiji Indian businessman and

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politician. At 37 he became the youngest mayor in the country when he was elected the mayor of Ba. In the 1987 general election for the

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, he won the North Eastern National Constituency for the National Federation Party -

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coalition, defeating the sitting Alliance Party candidate by 12,786 votes to 9,946. He became Minister for Communications, Transport and Works in the month-long Bavadra government. Following the 1987 Fijian coups d'état, he immigrated to

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, and now lives in Auckland

. As of March 2019 he is the chairman of Mt Roskill Masjid E Umar; the largest mosque in New Zealand. At an Auckland rally organised by "Love Aotearoa Hate Racism", a video emerged of Bhamji suspecting Mossad, the

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, for the Christchurch massacre of Muslims. Bhamji offered no proof for his speculation. The

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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". Mustafa Farouk, president of

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, released a statement saying "recent comments by an individual do not represent the views of the Muslims of New Zealand".NZ Islamic organization refutes Bhamji’s comments
FBC News, Ana Ravulo, 30 March 2019

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