A doctor who once appeared on the BBC's The Apprentice has been permanently banned from practising medicine after a tribunal found he posted a sustained series of antisemitic, racist and sexist comments on social media.
Offensive Posts and Holocaust Denial
Dr Asif Munaf, a wellness brand owner from Sheffield, used his X account @DrAsifOfficial to publish 36 "seriously offensive" posts between October 2023 and July 2025. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) heard that among these were blatantly antisemitic remarks targeting the North London Jewish community.
In one post, 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?"
In another, he stated: "9/11 wasn’t an inside job. Let’s call it for what it really is. A Jewish job."
A Pattern of Unprofessional Conduct
The tribunal, which Dr Munaf did not attend and where he had no legal representation, also found evidence of other professional misconduct. This included walking out of a cardiology locum placement at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust in January 2024 without notice.
Furthermore, he provided a sick note to a patient in November 2024 while he was suspended from practice, showing a "complete disregard" for the regulator's rules.
MPTS chairwoman Kate Kirwin said the doctor's social media conduct was "sustained and repeated" and that he continued making discriminatory posts even after the regulator had intervened. She described the post about ovens as "deliberately shocking and provocative" for its holocaust denial and graphic references.
Final Decision and Regulatory Stance
The tribunal concluded that Dr Munaf, who had previously denied the posts were antisemitic and claimed they were made "in the heat of the emotion," showed no insight or remorse. His actions demonstrated an "arrogant disregard for patients and colleagues" and a "deep-seated attitudinal issue."
Ms Kirwin stated: "The seriousness of the facts found proven and associated ongoing risk to public protection mean the effect of Dr Munaf continuing to hold registration would undermine public confidence in the profession."
Following the striking-off order, a General Medical Council spokeswoman reinforced that "there is no place for antisemitism, sexism or misogyny in medicine," and that the regulator will always seek to remove doctors for such behaviour.
