{"id":73684,"date":"2021-03-14T15:06:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T15:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=73684"},"modified":"2021-03-17T13:39:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:39:27","slug":"new-zealand-has-duty-to-support-muslim-community-ardern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/73684-new-zealand-has-duty-to-support-muslim-community-ardern\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand has duty to support Muslim community: Ardern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-14_23-29-51-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-14_23-29-51-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-14_23-29-51-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-14_23-29-51-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-14_23-29-51-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-14_23-29-51.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told an emotional memorial service marking two years since the Christchurch mosque attacks that the country had &#8220;a duty&#8221; to support its Muslim community.<br>Hundreds of people turned out for the service, held amid tight security, to remember the 51 people killed and dozens wounded when a heavily armed gunman opened fire in two mosques on March 15, 2019.<br>Ardern, who was widely praised for the compassion shown to survivors and the families of the victims of the shooting and her swift move to tighten firearms control in New Zealand, said words &#8220;despite their healing power&#8221; would never change what happened.<br>&#8220;Men, women and children were taken in an act of terror. 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