AMP Councillor Facing Allegations of Disgraceful Racism

The Cape Times reports that an investigation of Africa Muslim Party Councillor Badih Chabaan revealed allegations of toxic racism and anti-Semitism.

He is alleged to have called Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille a “coloured k***ir". Other allegations involve an intense hatred of Jews.

He is alleged to have said there was something about Jews that everyone “wants to f**k them” and it was “time for the Jews to be f***ed again”. Chabaan allegedly said the “final solution would be when five or six million Jews are bombed in one day” and Jews were “repressed and scared and slept with their eyes open for fear of being robbed”.

Chabaan denies all allegations. He claims that he does not hate Jews, in fact, all of his friends are Jewish.

Of the allegations that he made racial and anti Semitic comments, Chabaan said “My advocate and attorney are both Jews. My doctor is Jewish and all my friends and people I play cards with are Jews.”

Despite referring to black people as “k****rs” Chabaan reminded us that this is not apartheid South Africa.

Chabaan said he had been waiting since June to listen to the tape recordings and to read the affidavits of councillors. Never mind the city’s deadlines. This is not 1976 and the Speaker is not Jimmy Kruger (apartheid minister of justice and police). We want a reasonable time to study the tapes. We are entitled to a copy of the tapes. Without it we cannot conduct a proper defence.

We should refrain from automatically associating the Africa Muslim Party with these slurs because Chabaan is also alleged to be forming a new political party called the National People’s Party once the floor-crossing period is in play. That said, as Chris Roper explained, they're not exactly the party of tolerance: Africa Muslim Party ‘Full of Hate’

Comments

[Hillel]

SO he defended/denied his anti-semitic comments with the following canards?

"My advocate and attorney are both Jews. My doctor is Jewish and all my friends and people I play cards with are Jews"

He forgot to mention that his diamond dealer, actuary, accountant, pharmacist, dentist and money-lender were also Jewish.

Clearly he was accused of all these horrible things as an attack by malicious anti-semites in a smear campaign to discredit him for only making friends with the Elders of Zion.

Steve wrote : "That said, as Chris Roper explained, they're not exactly the party of tolerance."
But then neither are the ANC.

[Hillel]

I don't think that's fair, the ANC is very tolerant of everyone who drinks, uh, tows the party line, just ask Manto.

[Hillel]

I thought I recognised the name. It seems that not only does Chabaan have a word for every occassion, but a woman too.

He also has a very original response to the accusation, I recall once hearing it in nursery school paraphrased as "it's your mom, not mine"

It's a good thing that the leadership of SA is attracting such high calibre candidates.

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_2173589,00.html

http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=317860&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/