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A prayer for the West

20 April 2019

9:00 AM

20 April 2019

9:00 AM

Symbolism matters. It’s why the Muslim call to prayer rang out across New Zealand after the Christchurch massacre, and why NZ leader Jacinta Ardern traipsed around in a headscarf for days. She was saying symbolically to NZ’s Muslims, we feel your grief, we are all Muslims now.

Symbolism is also why the Australian government made a national apology to Aborigines, and why a Welcome to Country is held at many formal events now.

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