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- ↑ Candidates and Voting by Seat for the 1987 Election
- ↑ Achievements of FLP
- ↑ Review - International Commission of Jurists,Issues 40-47,1988,page 12
- ↑ "Former Fiji resident under fire for blaming Israel in massacre". FBC News. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ↑ Mossad behind Christchurch attacks, head of New Zealand’s biggest mosque claims, JTA, 27 March 2019
- ↑ Palmer, Scott (26 March 2019). "Jews outraged after mosque leader blames Mossad for Christchurch attack". Newshub. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ↑ NEW ZEALAND STOKES ANTISEMITISM IN AFTERMATH OF MOSQUE MASSACRE, JPost, SETH J. FRANTZMAN, 27 March 2019
- ↑ Human Rights Commission calls out Muslim leader who blamed Mossad for Christchurch attack, Newshub, 27 March 2019
- ↑ New Zealand Muslim Leader Dismisses Colleague’s Claims That Mossad Ordered Mosque Killings, Haaretz, 29 March 2019
- ↑ NZ Islamic organization refutes Bhamji’s comments, FBC News, Ana Ravulo, 30 March 2019