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New Zealand Muslim boy in a Canterbury mosque in 2007. The number of Muslims in New Zealand according to the 2018 census is 57,276, [10] up 24% from 46,149 in the 2013 census. [8] The majority of New Zealand Muslims are Sunnis but there is a large number of Shias who
The Al Noor Mosque (Arabic: مسجد النور , Masjid al-Noor) is a Sunni mosque in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton in New Zealand. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was built between 1983 and 1985 by the Muslim Association of Canterbury, an organisation founded in 1977 that also manages the mosque building.
It was the second mosque to open in Christchurch. It is owned by the Linwood Islamic Charitable Trust, which was founded in 2017. [2] On 15 March 2019, the Linwood Islamic Centre and the Al Noor Mosque were targeted in the Christchurch mosque shootings. Of the 51 people killed and the 40 people injured in the attack, seven people were killed ...
The death toll from the March 15 Christchurch, New Zealand mosque attacks has risen to 51 after a 46-year-old man died from his injuries sustained in the shootings.
Ardern said 30 people were killed at the Al Noor mosque, the city's main mosque, and another 10 at a mosque in the suburb of Linwood. "This is one of New Zealand's darkest days," she said.
Critics say the film sidelines the attack's victims and instead centers on a white woman, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Mosques in New Zealand (4 C, 1 P) New Zealand Muslims (3 C, 16 P) S. ... Pages in category "Islam in New Zealand" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 ...
At the time of opening, the mosque was the largest in the country. [15] Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya community, led the first prayers. Auckland Glen Eden: Masjid-e-Bilal [16] [17] Auckland Ponsonby: Ponsonby Masjid 1979 New Zealand's first mosque [18] Auckland Rānui: West Auckland Mosque and Islamic Centre 1995 ...