 On 8 January 2015, in a live Sky News broadcast the day after 12 people were murdered in the offices of the French magazine "Charlie Hebdo", Bukhari repeatedly said the murdered cartoonists of the publication were racists.In June 2015, Bukhari posted on Facebook saying that "Zionists" had tried to intimidate him by entering his home and stealing one shoe.He went on to say that it is possible that these tactics are used by various organisations for intimidation purposes.