(Radio NZ) A Muslim organisation wants the justice minister to explain why he is abandoning proposed hate speech law reforms that were recommended following the Christchurch mosque attack. The terror attack in 2019 left 51 people killed and 40 others seriously injured. […]
(Radio NZ) “Free subject to conditions” would be the security status of terror suspect Suhayra Aden if she returns to New Zealand, according to a senior government minister. It looks increasingly likely 25-year-old Suhayra Aden and her children will end up in […]
(NZ Herald) Labour leader Jacinda Ardern wants to make it illegal to discriminate on the grounds of someone’s religion as well as possibly sexual orientation or disability. Her commitment follows a visit to Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch today where Imam Gamal […]
(NZ Herald) The Labour Party has sacked one of its list candidates after revelations he publicly praised an anti-Islam column in 2013. Kurt Taogaga, ranked 68th on the list, said he wasn’t sure he agreed with then-NZ First MP Richard Prosser’s racist […]
(Radio NZ) Zahra Hussaini and Gamal Fouda are the first Muslim candidates to be standing for the region’s council and community boards. They spoke to RNZ at Labour’s People’s Choice launch in Christchurch yesterday. They were supported by members of the Muslim […]
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