Attacks on Mosques in New Zealand & U.K.
French Muslims sue Facebook, YouTube over New Zealand Mosque massacre footage
Al Jazeera: One of the main groups representing Muslims in France is suing Facebook and YouTube, accusing the media companies of inciting violence by allowing the streaming of footage of the Christchurch massacre on their platforms. The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) said the companies had disseminated material that encouraged terrorism and harmed the dignity of human beings. There was no immediate comment from either social media company. Read More
Terrorism in New Zealand and history of targeting mosques
BY Dr. Farid Hafez: The white supremacist terrorist could have chosen various other places and objects to carry out his attack. But he chose a place of Islamic worship. Why? Let’s just recall Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 young people at a Socialist Youth camp in Utoya/Norway. He deliberately chose this place, seeing the young generation of open-minded and liberal social democrats as the enablers of the Islamization of Europe. Breivik, who, in the manifesto of the terrorist, is referred to as “Knight Justiciar Breivik” from whom he had taken “true inspiration”, could have served as a blueprint for another terrorist attack. But he chose a mosque. But why? Read More
Fallout of New Zealand Mosque massacre? Christchurch attack note left at fire at California mosque
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Perhaps in the first attack on a mosque in the USA directly linked to the massacre of worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 15, a mosque in the Southern California city of Escondido was briefly lit on fire on Sunday (March 24) in an apparent arson attempt. The blaze was extinguished by members of the Islamic Center of Escondido, and no one was injured. But police said that a note was found in the mosque’s parking lot that referenced the recent shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that left 50 people dead. Read More
Christchurch shooting: Why are we not using the word Islamophobia?
By Donna Miles-Mojab: Make no mistake, it was not just one man and his gun that killed 50 innocent worshippers in Christchurch, the whole Islamophobia industry had its finger on that trigger too – and yet, in much important commentary about the terrorist attack in Christchurch, the word Islamophobia is often missing. Yes, it is true that Islamophobia is deeply connected with racism and xenophobia but unless we acknowledge its specificity in the mode of operation and the group of people it targets, we won't be able to fulfil our moral responsibility to tackle it. Read More
Violent white supremacy is nothing new, especially in America
By Sher Watts Spooner: The terrorist attack by a white supremacist who killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, is just the latest in a series of attacks by angry white bigots, whether they identify as neo-Nazis, white supremacists, white nationalists, anti-Semites, the alt-right, or whatever new label they’re claiming, even as Iowa Rep. Steve King (R-Bigotry) wonders how those terms became offensive. The Southern Poverty Law Center reported that the number of hate groups in the U.S. is at an all-time high of 1,020. The FBI saw a rise in the number of domestic terrorist arrests in late 2018. White supremacists committed the most extremist killings in 2017, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Read More
More than 40,000 sign petitions backing NZ Premier for Nobel Peace Prize
as NYT says "America Deserves a Leader as Good as Jacinda Ardern"
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: More than 40,000 people had by Sunday morning signed two petitions calling for New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to get the Nobel Peace Prize. As Ardern has been widely praised for her leadership in response to last week’s terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques, The New York Times has published an editorial, titled "America Deserves a Leader as Good as Jacinda Ardern." Read More
Muslims in Germany fearful after New Zealand terror attacks
Anadolu Agency: Germany’s Muslim community has voiced concern over their safety due to growing Islamophobia and anti-Muslim violence.“Since the attacks at two mosques in New Zealand, our community members are calling us to get information on the security situation in Germany,” Burhan Kesici, chairman of the Islamic Council for the Federal Republic of Germany, said in a statement. Read More
Fallout of New Zealand mosques attack: Five mosques vandalized in Birmingham UK
British Police and counterterrorism officials were investigating attacks on five mosques Wednesday (March 20) night, including one in which a man took a sledgehammer to smash the windows of a house of worship in Birmingham, England. After the authorities received reports overnight of the sledgehammer attack in north Birmingham, a similar episode was reported nearby. Officers discovered damage to two other sites and received a further report later on Thursday morning, all from places of worship within a few miles of each other and in an area with a large Muslim community. Alarmingly, a Muslim was attacked with a "hammer" and a "batten" outside an East London mosque, hours after the attack on two mosques in New Zealand. A group of men shouted Islamophobhic abuses as they drove past the mosque and called the attendees at the Friday prayers "terrorists", witnesses told the Independent newspaper. Read More
OIC strongly condemns Islamophobic terrorists' attacks
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Organization of Islamic Cooperation Thursday (March 22, 2019) strongly condemned horrendous and despicable Islamophobic terrorists’ attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand.Final communiqué of emergency meeting of OIC Foreign Ministers in Istanbul appreciated the Government of New Zealand for its unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist attacks, in particular the firm and clear stance of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, who embraced the Muslim community and shared their grief. It supported the government of New Zealand in its commitment for a thorough and fully transparent investigation into the terrorist attacks. Foreign ministers from over 20 countries participated in the meeting, alongside representatives from international organisztions, including the United Nations and the European Union and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. New Zealand's foreign minister, Winston Peters, also attended the session. It called upon the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe to establish an observatory to monitor acts of religious hatred, hostility and violence against Muslims and report to the relevant organs. Read More
What happened in Christchurch, New Zealand?
New Zealand Police have charged the 28-year-old Australian citizen, Brenton Tarrant, with murder for shooting at least 50 people dead at two mosques during Friday (March 15) prayers. The terrorist posted a white supremacist manifesto before the attacks and livestreamed the shooting on social media. Among the victims of the terrorist attack were nationals from Syria, Jordan, India, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Brenton Tarrant posted a hate-filled "manifesto" online before the mass killing suggesting neo-Nazi ideology and immigration to Europe had spurred him into action. Titled "The Great Replacement," the 74-page manifesto repeats popular far-right conspiracy theories about how white Europeans are being deliberately replaced by non-white immigrants. In pictures posted on the suspect's Twitter account before it was deleted, magazine barrels are shown on which the names of far-right mass killers are inscribed, as well as European figures who fought the Ottoman Turks in the 17th century. Read More
Global humanity looks to unity of minds in crisis: massacres of Muslim worshipers
By Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja: What motivated the attacker to target Muslim worshippers at the two mosques in Christchurch? The answer lies with a thorough police investigation currently in progress but the agenda and the manifesto of the attacker (sent to the NZ PM) leaves no room for speculation except the reality of the Islamophobia pretext. The world we live-in, all human action are interconnected to the socio-economic and political environment that we encompass. Our thoughts, faculties and values are the possession and means by which we compose our outlook, behavior and priorities. If the attacker was inspired by the overwhelming Western pursuit of “Islamophobia” and wanted to secure some hallmarks by acts of sadistic brutality against the innocents, he was wrong and foolish, it demonstrated a global will and resilient to be united against the perpetuated evil and insanity. Instead, it revived a moral and intellectual capacity and passion to stand against the evil mongering, white supremacy and religious intolerance. Agreeably, the notion of evil does have an idea of force and power across the 21st century world that we live-in. We have seen it happening in America under the Trump Presidency and in Eastern Europe during the recent Middle Eastern refugee and migration crises. Read More
Why Christchurch Attack is a Wakeup Call?
By Zulafqar Ahmed: Politics around the world has been changing dramatically. Extreme right has risen into the power throughout the globe from the Donald Trump of US (2016) to Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines (2016) and from Victor Orban of Hungary (2010) to Jair Bolsanaro of Brazil (2019). Rise of extreme right is posing severe threat to the democratic values like Liberty, Equality, Justice, Plurality, Inclusiveness, and Tolerance and with the emergence of extreme right; ideologies like Chauvinism, Xenophobia, Misogynism and Islamophobia have raised their heads. Read More
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