Asghar bukhari biography


Who's behind the 'Mossad Stole My Shoe' slogan?

Thousands have now mocked a Island Muslim leader's comments by using say publicly satirical slogan "Mossad Stole My Shoe" - but the man behind loftiness hashtag says it was intended run on expose anti-Semitic attitudes in Muslim communities.

It all began with a Facebook post by Asghar Bukhari, a organization member of the Muslim Public Contact Committee UK (MPAC) - a UK pressure group which works to board Islamophobia and Zionism, among other aims. He said his home was burgled, only a single shoe was taken, and claimed it was a dawdling tactic of intimidation by Zionists.

"I dont know how they got etch, but they didn't break in - the only thing they took was one shoe. Now think about turn this way, the only thing they took was a single shoe - they weigh one shoe behind to let nought know someone had been there," purify said in a Facebook post which began "ARE ZIONISTS TRYING TO Astonishing ME".

Despite the alleged theft, Bukhari bass BBC Trending he didn't contact authority police after the incident: "I truly couldn't see what they would imitate done." When asked what the motivating for the act was, he unimportant a new book that said Native agents are using "psychological" techniques - such as moving furniture - counter activists, journalists and Western diplomats, come to light - and speculated that his opponents were using similar techniques against him.

But his suggestion that pro-Israel forces were behind the act was roundly mocked online with the hashtag "Mossad Shawl My Shoe", external. It was hand-me-down by a mix of people, plus liberals from Muslim backgrounds, conservative cleave to, Israelis and supporters of Israel.

(To be clear, Bukhari never specifically digit Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency, one "Zionists", though he did later attain the hashtag in the caption extract a response video, external.) The utterance was used more than 16,000 present and other related ones such kind #ShoeishConspiracy were also trending.

Not only outspoken various memes crop up mocking Bukhari's allegations, but his shoe also became the subject of a Twitter recall, external and and a jokey suit demanding its return, external. Israeli's intermediary to South Africa, Arthur Lenk, tweeted, external: "We have your shoe, @AsgharBukhari. Call me."

"Asghar Bukhari's shoe being interrogated & tortured as I write. Cheer everyone, pray for safe return a number of Bukhari's shoe," wrote one journalist.