18 Dec 2019

Al Noor mosque Imam: loss, forgiveness and gratitude

From Nine To Noon, 10:07 am on 18 December 2019
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Gamal Fouda had just begun his sermon at Friday prayers on March 15th,  when bullets began tearing through the Al Noor Mosque. 51 people died there and at the Linwood mosque that day or after - in the worst terrorist attack in New Zealand history. 40 people were injured - many of them struggling physically and mentally to this day.

A week after the attacks, Gamal Fouda lead thousands of people in a service at Hagley Park.

He talks to Kathryn about loss, forgiveness, solidarity, gratitude and peace.