The Al Noor mosque was a stable weekly anchor for its Christchurch congregation
Evidence
Then came that final Friday. A day he did not anticipate when he woke his children, carefully chose and put on his clothes, drove his family from the home they made to the mosque, cleansed his body in its bathroom, and then bowed his head and thanked his God. One last time. … One minute, everything was like it always was. The next minute came, and nothing was the same. The brothers he prayed alongside were spread across the prayer rug, with blood streaming in every direction and staining the very rug his forehead had rested on every Friday since 2010. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 990
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: A new Muslim convert became a trusted volunteer serving refugees in Christchurch. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1002; The Christchurch attack destroyed the everyday sacred space Naeem inhabited — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 991
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: A new Muslim convert became a trusted volunteer serving refugees in Christchurch. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1002; The Christchurch attack destroyed the everyday sacred space Naeem inhabited — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 991
Broader Connections
- The Christchurch attack destroyed the everyday sacred space Naeem inhabited
#complicates(0.78) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 991