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Ex-Lord Mayor quits Labour Party over probe into Facebook posts

April 1, 2016 12:24
Khadim Hussein

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Sandy Rashty,

Sandy Rashty

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Bradford’s former Lord Mayor has quit the Labour party after an investigation was launched over a series of offensive posts on his Facebook page.

Khadim Hussain was suspended by Labour after complaints were lodged over the comments on social media – included a suggestion that Israel was secretly arming terrorist group Daesh.

Mr Hussain, the district councillor for Keighley Central, was also accused of promoting a Facebook message that said Hitler killed “six million Zionists”.

The Facebook post, which was shared by Mr Hussain, attacked Holocaust education in schools. It read: “Your school education system only tells you about Anne Frank and the six million Zionists that were killed by Hitler.”

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