(NZ Herald) The leader of a Christchurch mosque where 42 Muslims were shot dead last year has denounced the recent attacks in France and called on French president Emmanuel Macron to take a lesson from New Zealand’s response to extremist violence.
Two beheadings and the killing of three people at a Catholic church in the southern city of Nice has saddened and pained Masjid Al Noor imam Gamal Fouda.
Fouda has branded the attacks abhorrent and contradicting “the tolerant teachings of Islam and all good human values.”
“I condemn and denounce these heinous crimes, regardless of their perpetrator’s motives or goals,” Fouda said today.
