However, Choudhary would separate his religion from politics, in line with New Zealand secularism). FIANZ is affiliated with seven regional organisations, trusts, and most mosques and Islamic centres in New Zealand. The attacks took place on a Friday afternoon, when worshippers inside the mosques were gathering for Jumu’ah. On 15 March 2019, a terrorist attacked worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, killing 51 people, including 42 at the Al Noor Mosque in Riccarton, 7 at the Linwood Islamic Centre, and 2 who died in hospital. On 9 September 2024, two Muslim schools Al-Madinah School and Zayed College in Mangere, Auckland went into lockdown after receiving an email threat. New Zealand has several mosques and Islamic centres and trusts in the major centres, and two Islamic schools (Al Madinah and Zayed College for Girls) in Auckland. In 2006, two newspapers in New Zealand decided to republish controversial Danish cartoons depicting Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. On 23 December 2020, six posters depicting Muhammad taken from the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and hostile messages were plastered on the Queenstown Islamic Centre, which had opened on 11 December. The Mayor of Queenstown-Lakes Jim Boult condemned the incident and apologised on behalf of Queenstown to the Muslim community.

In response, Foreign Minister Winston Peters countered that the incident had occurred under the previous National government’s watch. An 18-year-old teenager was subsequently arrested in connection to the incident and also charged with possessing a knife. Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. Gamal Fouda, an imam who survived the attack at Al Noor mosque, said “last Friday I stood in this mosque and saw hatred and rage in the eyes of the terrorist, but today from the same place I look out and I see the love and compassion in the eyes of thousands of New Zealanders and human beings from around the globe”. They are called in terms of human relations as our Father, Mother, Brother, Companion, Friend, Lover, Beloved, and Husband. According to the former, the human race will perish; according to the latter, humanity will be clouded.

Race Relations Commissioner Devoy also condemned the trio’s anti-Semitic statements. The horrific bloody event was condemned worldwide. It takes you a while to figure it out and then Theseus comes in and kills him. The New Zealand Muslim leadership, through the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ), then proceeded in good faith to consider the matter closed, and drafted letters to 52 Muslim countries reversing their earlier stance and asking that New Zealand products not be boycotted. The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) is the national umbrella organisation that represents the Muslim community in New Zealand. In a 2020 estimate released by Pew Research Center, the Muslim population was estimated to be 51.1% while the Christian population was estimated to be 46.9% while the remaining 2% was other. Rumata’s gold is of impossibly high quality and Rumata’s sword-fighting style is unheard of, yet he has never killed a single person while staying in Arkanar despite fighting in numerous duels. Luxury hotels cater to wealthy pilgrims while shopping malls offer a blend of traditional goods and international brands. The FIANZ is affiliated with seven regional associations including the New Zealand Muslim Association (NZMA), the South Auckland Muslim Association (SAMA), the Waikato Muslim Association (WMA), the Manawatu Muslim Association (MMA), the International Muslim Association of New Zealand (IMAN), the Muslim Association of Canterbury (MAC), and the Otago Muslim Association.

In November 2016, Mohammad Anwar Sahib, the Imam of the Al-Taqwa mosque in Manukau, Auckland and a religious adviser to the FIANZ, drew controversy when he made offensive remarks about Jews, Christians, and women in a series of speeches that were posted by the right-wing blogger Cameron Slater on YouTube. A video of the speeches had been posted on the Foundation’s YouTube channel. The majority of Muslims in New Zealand are concentrated in the major cities of Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, and Christchurch. The majority of New Zealand Muslims are Sunnis but there is a large number of Shias who live in New Zealand, concentrated mainly in Auckland (the largest city of New Zealand). Auckland alone has about 15 Islamic centres, mosques, and trusts. From the mid-1990s, an influx of Malay students from Malaysia and Singapore has increased the proportion of Muslims in some other centres, notably the university city of Dunedin. Other Muslim organisations have included the predominantly Fijian Indian Anjuman Himayat al-Islam, the University of Otago’s Muslim Student Association (MUSA), the Ahmadiyya Jama’at New Zealand, and the Southland Muslim Association. As of 2019, the southernmost mosque in New Zealand is the Southland Muslim Association Masjid/Community Centre in Invercargill.