Australian TV host Waleed Aly's plea for unity after mosque shootings goes viral
A prominent Australian television host’s impassioned plea for unity has gone viral in the aftermath of the tragic mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand that left 49 people dead.
The television host went on to say that he also wasn’t shocked when six people were shot to death in a Quebec City mosque two years ago or when a man drove a van into a mosque in London six months later. He also said he wasn’t shocked when 11 Jewish people were killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue last year or when nine Christians were murdered in a church in Charleston in 2015.
“This is a congregational prayer that happens every week like clockwork. This was slaughter by appointment,” he said. “And it’s scary because like millions of other Muslims, I’m going to keep attending those appointments and it feels like fish in a barrel.”
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