Scores Of Non-Muslims Going To Mosques Following New Zealand Attack

Several such videos and pictures are going viral on social media.

Islamabad (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 19th March, 2019) A large number of non-Muslims have started going to mosques following the Friday attacks in New Zealand.

Some non-Muslims are going to mosque to express solidarity with Muslims while others want to seek knowledge about Islam.

Several such videos and pictures are going viral on social media.

The non-Muslims can be seen taking keen interest in islam in these videos.

Last Friday's shootings at two mosques left 50 people dead and dozens wounded. Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a self-described white supremacist, has been charged with murder.

In an emotional address at New Zealand's parliament on Tuesday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said: "I implore you, speak the Names of those who were lost rather than the name of the man who took them. He is a terrorist. He is a criminal. He is an extremist. But he will, when I speak, be nameless."

In a special meeting of parliament on Tuesday, Ardern used the Arabic greeting "Al-Salaam Alaikum", which in English means "peace be upon you".

She encouraged New Zealanders to acknowledge the grief of the Muslim community this Friday - which is the Muslim day of worship and will mark one week since the shooting.

Islamic tradition calls for the cleansing and burial of bodies as soon as possible after death, but because of the slow process of identification and forensic documentation, no bodies have been released to the families yet.

The bodies of some of the victims were being washed and prepared in a Muslim ritual process on Tuesday, partly with the help of volunteers flown in from overseas.

New Zealand's immigration service said it was processing visas for the families of the victims that are seeking to come from abroad to attend funerals.

Among the 50 people killed at the two mosques during Friday prayers were Muslim migrants, refugees and residents from countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Turkey, Kuwait, and Somalia.