'Thank you for your tears. Thank you for your haka. Thank you for your flowers. Thank you for your love and compassion,' Imam Gamal Fouda told the huge crowd.
Muslims answer the call to prayer at Hagley Park, opposite the Al Noor Mosque.
"Last Friday I stood in this mosque and saw hatred and rage in the eyes of the terrorist, who killed and martyred 50 people, wounded 42 and broke the hearts of millions around the world," he said. To the people of New Zealand, he said:"Thank you for your tears. Thank you for your haka. Thank you for your flowers. Thank you for your love and compassion."
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