22 Mar 2019

Hanif Quazi, builder of Al Noor mosque, returns to pray

From Morning Report, 7:38 am on 22 March 2019

The man who built the Al Noor mosque will return to pray on Friday, even though he says it's now been smeared with blood. Hanif Quazi was there when the mosque opened its doors for the first time in 1985. But a week ago, fond memories of the mosque were tarnished by heartbreak. Mr Quazi spoke to RNZ reporter Alex Ashton about how the people of Christchurch responded to the prospect of having a mosque in their neighbourhood.