Youth leader reports ‘Boko Haram’ insults to SAHRC
Democratic Alliance Student Organisation leader Yusuf Cassim has taken umbrage at being called “a ‘terrorist’ and from ‘Boko Haram’ because I am Muslim”. “I have therefore decided to report the African National Congress (ANC) to the South African Human Rights Commission to investigate this matter and to ensure proper remedial action is taken‚” he said on Friday.He said the comments were made by “ANC members and supporters in the audience” at a Livity Africa debate in Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday afternoon.“The ANC took no steps to stop their supporters insulting me in this way‚” Cassim alleged.“This discrimination has no place in a democratic South Africa‚ where there should be religious tolerance and understanding of others religious beliefs.”..
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