Press Release – Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand In a well-researched and evidence-based submission, the Federation of Islamic Association of NZ which is the umbrella national Muslim organisation, has set the timeframe and work scope parameters for the implementation of the Royal Commission recommendations. …
In a well-researched and evidence-based submission, the Federation of Islamic Association of NZ which is the umbrella national Muslim organisation, has set the timeframe and work scope parameters for the implementation of the Royal Commission recommendations. “We thought that we have to add value and at the same time ensure objective metrics to monitor the progress of the recommendations of the Royal Commission”, said Ibrar Sheikh, President of FIANZ. The Submission was well received by the Minister in a formal meeting with FIANZ. Also present were senior officials from all the relevant Government Ministries.
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February 22, 2021
The politics of memory, on the anniversary of tragedy
Within the space of a month, Christchurch is marking two painful anniversaries: the earthquake and the mosque terror attacks. Susan Wardell looks at how and why we choose to remember, and the complexities of collective public grief.
“Christchurch has suffered more than any community should have to endure,” the prime minister said last year in a national address.
It’s this suffering the city is currently preparing to revisit. Today is the 10th anniversary of the Canterbury quake; March 15 will be the second anniversary of the shootings at Al Noor mosque and Linwood Islamic centre.
Sheikh, President of FIANZ.
Firstly, the
victims’ welfare, which in this case are two innocent
children, have to be of paramount concern. We note that
Australia ratified the UN Convention of the Rights of the
Child in 1990 and there are obligations which need to be
followed. It is quite concerning that on one hand the
Australian Prime Minister in a message, specific to
Australian children, stated “we have to look after each
other”, albeit in the COVID-19 context, but now wants to
absolve any responsibility of taking care of two Australian
kids. Children should not be pawns of political sidesteps.
Security agencies too focused on ‘Islamist’ terror in run-up to Christchurch mosques terror attack, inquiry rules
Security agencies too focused on ‘Islamist’ terror in run-up to Christchurch mosques terror attack, inquiry rules
25th Dec 2020
Photos: Students paying tribute to the victims of the Christchurch mosques shooting, March 18, 2019. (Credit: Peter Adones/Anadolu Agency). Right: New Zealand PM, Jacinda Ardern meets with the victims of the shooting.
(Credit: Kirk Hargreaves/Christchurch Council/CC)
Elham Asaad Buaras
New Zealand’s security agencies were “almost exclusively” fixated on the risk of “Islamist terrorism” and the police had failed to enforce appropriate checks on firearm licenses in the run-up to last year’s Christchurch mosques terror attack, in which a gunman shot dead 51 Muslim worshippers, an inquiry into the terror attack has found.