Angels, Murderers and Worshippers – How are Young People to Make Sense of the Media Response to Christchurch?

Flowers at Botanic Gardens for victims of the Christchurch mosque attack (Photo: Twitter/@AqilHaziqCNA)

The people killed were not a number. They were killed when they were at their most vulnerable, in thought, meditation and prayer.

After Christchurch, the Political Class Must Stop Positioning Racism as a Democratic Demand

Flowers and tributes for the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Politicians, media and some academics have spent years peddling narratives that racism and Islamophobia are the ‘will of the people’, but the facts tell a very different story.

Christchurch Massacre Brings Out the Best and Worst in Humanity

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, following the Christchurch terror attack. Photo courtesy: Christchurch City Council Newsline/Kirk Hargreaves (CC BY 4.0) Cropped from original.

The massacre in two Christchurch mosques has brought unparalleled responses.

There is Nothing Shocking About the Massacre of Muslims in New Zealand

Flowers at Botanic Gardens for victims of the Christchurch mosque attack (Photo: Twitter/@AqilHaziqCNA)

It is easy to ignore the context that made this crime possible.

Christchurch Attacks are a Stark Warning of Toxic Political Environment That Allows Hate to Flourish

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When lives are tragically cut short, it is generally easier to explain the “how” than the “why”.

Demonising People, Setting Them Against Each Other Has Consequences: Anchor Waleed Aly In a Heartbreaking Video Which Has Gone Viral

“The thing that scared me most was when I started reading the manifesto that one of the apparent perpetrators of this attack published, not because it was deranged but because it was so familiar.”

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