Islamophobic shooting in Christchurch, NZ

[Hammy]

Terrible tragedy

What happened to the shooters? I don't have much time to read up on everything that's going on. Are they still at large?

Four were arrested within a few hours of the shooting, I don't know if there were more than that though.

[Tender Branson]

https://twitter.com/sebastiankurz/status/1106456959862087680

https://twitter.com/HCStracheFP/status/1106490863402790913

"The terrorist attack in New Zealand affects me deeply. This barbaric act must be condemned in the strongest terms. My sympathy is with the relatives of the victims and the New Zealanders."

https://twitter.com/vanderbellen/status/1106451690675490816

[Horus]

Just disgusting.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1106520743855251456

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Another completely ghastly case of one of the nastier parts of the internet Becoming Real, moving out of its basement and going on a killing spree. Vile.

[TDAS04]

Absolutely awful.

[OSR stands with Israel]

This is awful in every way imaginable , and I hope the person who did this gets the worst type of punishment for his evil actions.

[afleitch]

I just read that an attendee at the mosque said 'Hello brother' to the gunman as he approached and my heart just f-cking broke.

[Woody]

https://mobile.twitter.com/pewdiepie/status/1106419935390171136

[Velasco]

One of the attackers had written on his rifle the name of the Spanish neo-Nazi Josué Estébanez de la Hija, who murdered young leftwing activist Carlos Palomino in a hate crime occurred in Madrid in 2007.

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/03/15/inenglish/1552653061_637620.html

The shooter also wrote the names of some Middle Age warriors who fought Muslim armies during the Reconquista, such as the viscount of Bearn and the mythic Asturian noble Don Pelayo

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I just read that an attendee at the mosque said 'Hello brother' to the gunman as he approached and my heart just f-cking broke.

Yes, the Quran teaches us in 49:12 to treat others without prior assumptions. Many including myself are sinners who do not live up to it or claim that other ways are the real answer. But that man was following the true meaning of Islam, I hope he survived, if not, let his family find comfort because we have their backs.

[Sestak]

One of the attackers had written on his rifle the name of the Spanish neo-Nazi Josué Estébanez de la Hija, who murdered young leftwing activist Carlos Palomino in a hate crime occurred in Madrid in 2007.

https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/03/15/inenglish/1552653061_637620.html

The shooter also wrote the names of some Middle Age warriors who fought Muslim armies during the Reconquista, such as the viscount of Bearn and the mythic Asturian noble Don Pelayo

Not surprising tbh.

[afleitch]

I just read that an attendee at the mosque said 'Hello brother' to the gunman as he approached and my heart just f-cking broke.

Yes, the Quran teaches us in 49:12 to treat others without prior assumptions. Many including myself are sinners who do not live up to it or claim that other ways are the real answer. But that man was following the true meaning of Islam, I hope he survived, if not, let his family find comfort because we have their backs.

I hope you are doing well. Today we've seen the best from the Muslim community and my heart goes out to you all.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

On a strictly personal note I must confess I had no idea Bagel is a Muslim.

Stay strong, pal.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I just read that an attendee at the mosque said 'Hello brother' to the gunman as he approached and my heart just f-cking broke.

Yes, the Quran teaches us in 49:12 to treat others without prior assumptions. Many including myself are sinners who do not live up to it or claim that other ways are the real answer. But that man was following the true meaning of Islam, I hope he survived, if not, let his family find comfort because we have their backs.

I hope you are doing well. Today we've seen the best from the Muslim community and my heart goes out to you all.

Thank you for all the support, true friends stand in the darkest hours.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

On a strictly personal note I must confess I had no idea Bagel is a Muslim.

Stay strong, pal.

Yeah, thank you, it’s appreciated. Sorry for any issues that I may have caused here yesterday, I’ll keep things tame from my end now.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

On a strictly personal note I must confess I had no idea Bagel is a Muslim.

Stay strong, pal.

Yeah, thank you, it’s appreciated. Sorry for any issues that I may have caused here yesterday, I’ll keep things tame from my end now.

You've caused no issues, Bagel. It's just some answers to your original, perfectly understandable, post took the thread in undesirable direction.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

We had a cop and sheriff at our mosque today, Idk why as the imam didn't call them. But it was not a pleasant service today, we were all upset and made prayers and dua for the families and the victims

[afleitch]

We had a cop and sheriff at our mosque today, Idk why as the imam didn't call them. But it was not a pleasant service today, we were all upset and made prayers and dua for the families and the victims

The gay community and the Muslim community can, at times, be far apart. But we both have our communities and our places where we want to be safe. Attacks/bigotry can cross oceans like ripples and feel very raw and very personal even if we don't know the place or know the people. I hope it's not as raw for you tomorrow as it is today.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

An absolutely sickening massacre. RIP to all the victims

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Calling this "Islamophobic," a cutesy term typically used in the same breadth as listing microaggressions, doesn't do justice to the evil of this.   This was an Anti-Muslim terrorist massacre.

[Meclazine for Israel]

This has remarkable similarities to July 22 2011 in Norway.

This individual has been reported this morning on Australian TV as:

1. Having a Manifesto written in 2016 or 2017 after visiting France and Spain that he was going to plan an attack.
2. When working in Australia, his boss said there was never any demonstrated political opinions and was a very good worker he gave his fitness lessons to children for free.
3. Referencing historical fights with Islamic forces from the Dark Ages.
4. Visited North Korea.
5. Visited Pakistan in 2017.
6. Made money for travel from crypto-currency.
7. Had an arenal of semi-automatic weapons.

Therefore, we may see a court case where he talks about his manifesto and ideology.

To do that, he will need to plead "not guilty" to gain an audience in court to present his case.

[Middle-aged Europe]

"We must fight Islam by doing what ISIS does" always striked me as a peculiar "logic".

Then again, there wasn't that much difference between Hitler and Stalin either.


RIP to the victims of this cruelty.

[Progressive Pessimist]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1106520743855251456

"Anything we can do" clearly doesn't include the least he can do like recognizing the motivation of these terrorist scumbags. Trump always finds a way to make a tragic situation even worse, even when it's thousands of miles across the Pacific ocean.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Given the Tree of Life shooter's Gab account and this scumbag's activities on 4chan/8chan, it really feels like law enforcement needs to pay more attention to the so-called "Dark web" to find these scumbags before they pull of an attack.

What a nightmare. Horrible.