Abdukadir asked the man, who seemed drunk, to leave. Then he went on a rant about us being foreigners and we shouldn t be telling him what to do and this is his country, he can do whatever he wants.
Abdukadir posted a video to Facebook of what happened next, which was a tirade of racist comments ending with a reference to the March 15 attacks. My mission was for these women just not to get hurt by this guy - that s all I was trying to do and he just went on this rant. but this is where it got worse. He said something to the extent of, this is why you guys get killed .
Survivors and family members of the victims of the Christchurch terror attack have told a public remembrance service that their lives will never be the same, but they are learning to rise up again with dignity.
Zara Omar and Sara Qasem read out the names of the people who lost their lives on 15 March 2019.
Photo: Supplied / Mark Tantrum
The Ko Tātou Tātou We Are One event at the Christchurch Arena - held this afternoon to mark two years since the Christchurch terror attack - was intended as a way for all New Zealanders to show solidarity with those affected.
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Nearly two years on from the massacre at two Christchurch mosques, a sharp focus remains on Islamophobia in New Zealand.
Tributes and flowers left outside Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch after the terror attacks in 2019.
Photo: RNZ / Isra a Emhail
While Muslims generally experienced widespread love and support in the immediate aftermath of the terror attack, others continued to receive hate.
Some Muslims say while their personal experiences of Islamophobia have been fewer since the attack, there is room for improvement.
Aya Al-Umari vividly recalls what happened 15 years ago.
She was studying at Victoria University in Wellington when her lecturer asked her where she was really from.