Apprentice contestant sent racist social media posts, medical tribunal hears
Dr Asif Munaf wrote: "Does the (Jewish) obsession with baking and ovens explain the uncontested and unproven claims of 6 million Jews and 40 beheaded babies in ovens?”
A former contestant on TV show The Apprentice sent a string of antisemitic, racist and sexist posts on social media, a medical tribunal has heard.
Dr Asif Munaf is said to have posted and reposted the “seriously offensive” comments from his X account @DrAsifOfficial on various dates between October 2023 and last July.
He appeared on the 2024 edition of the BBC series fronted by business tycoon Lord Sugar.
On Monday the General Medical Council (GMC) outlined the misconduct allegations against the doctor who is registered under his full name Mohammed Asif Munaf.
Among the antisemitic posts, said the GMC, was one in which he wrote: “You only have to go to North London to see the Jewish love for a bakery. Lots of bagel shops and many of them very nice with great coffee. Does the obsession with baking and ovens explain the uncontested and unproven claims of 6 million Jews and 40 beheaded babies in ovens?”
Dr Munaf also posted: “9/11 wasn’t an inside job. Let’s call it for what it really is. A Jewish job.”
Another message from his account read: “Zionists are extremely strong. They have strong media, military and banking. They are godless satanic cult…”, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing was told.
He is also said to have reposted a comment which stated: “Israel is not a Jewish state, Israel is a Nazi state. Zionism is not Judaism, Zionism is Nazism. Zionists are not Jews. Zionists are today’s Nazis.”
Harriet Tighe, lawyer for the GMC, said the original posting was accompanied by an image of a flag which showed the Star of David above a swastika.
Dr Munaf also reposted a comment which referred to boxer Floyd Mayweather as the “undisputed heavyweight coon of the world”.
In a separate post Dr Munaf wrote: “This weekend has shown us the importance of gender roles. Women should not be pilots. Just like men should not be midwives or hairdressers.
“Female empowerment is one of the great tricks of Satan. Islam gives us the blueprint. When will the world wake up?”
Dr Munaf has not attended the tribunal and is not legally represented.
At a previous hearing he denied his posts were antisemitic and added they were “not befitting of someone as educated as myself and were said in the heat of the emotion”.
Dr Munaf is also accused by the GMC of “disappearing” just hours into a locum placement as a cardiology specialist registrar at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust in January 2024 as he walked out without notice or good reason.
In a separate allegation he is said to have provided a sick note to a patient in November 2024 while he was suspended from practice.
The MPTS hearing continues.
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