Mosque attack shows our interconnected world is growing more dangerous

‘One of New Zealand’s darkest days’: At least 49 dead in terrorist attack at mosques

THE BIG IDEA: The white supremacist who livestreamed his Friday rampage at a New Zealand mosque posted a manifesto online that said the attack was partly inspired by Dylann Roof’s 2015 massacre of nine black churchgoers in South Carolina, police said.

Globalization has had positive impacts, but it’s also empowered evildoers. Today’s terrorism underscores how much the contagion of white nationalism has spread internationally. Christchurch, New Zealand, is 8,545 miles from Charleston, S.C., but social media helps make the world more interconnected than ever. In this case, 21st-century technologies fostered kinship between people across borders and oceans over their shared hatred of Muslims and immigrants.

At least 49 people are dead and an additional 48 patients are being treated at hospitals after two separate mosques were hit during Friday prayers. Authorities say 41 were killed at the Al Noor Mosque across the street from a downtown park, and seven more were fatally shot at a suburban mosque in Linwood. The cops announced that three people are in custody who they believe were involved in the violence. Police deactivated an improvised explosive device that was attached to one of the vehicles used by the suspects.

Investigators have confirmed that the same man who streamed 17 minutes of footage of himself opening fire at the downtown mosque from a helmet camera also published a 74-page manifesto that mentioned Roof. “In the manifesto, the purported shooter identified himself as a 28-year-old white man born in Australia,” Isaac Stanley-Becker reports. “He described his motivation, which he said involved defending ‘our lands’ from ‘invaders’ and ensuring ‘a future for white children.’ … Its title, ‘The Great Replacement,’ echoes the rallying cry of, among others, the torch-bearing protesters who marched in Charlottesville in 2017.

“He aimed to ‘directly reduce immigration rates,’ he said, explaining that he had chosen to target New Zealand to illustrate that there was nowhere ‘left to go that was safe and free from mass immigration.’ In a country of nearly 5 million, more than 46,000 residents are Muslim, according to data from the 2013 census, up 28 percent from 2006.

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“Before the attack, someone with apparently advance knowledge of unfolding events posted links on Twitter and the message board 8chan to the manifesto, as well as to a Facebook page where the individual promised that the attack would be streamed live. The Twitter posts included images of weapons and ammunition, as well as the names of perpetrators of past mass-casualty shootings.”

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Comment by mr1stroke on March 18, 2019 at 7:41pm: Im stupid but youre online riding my dick, now if im all that and youre on me again what does that make you? Thays why i always stand out, i let you niggers look like fools why address me if you know i already dont care about you, now ill ask you again whats your point if you know you mean nothing to me?

Comment by caribmama on March 18, 2019 at 7:36pm: Lol.....u so stupid

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Comment by caribmama on March 18, 2019 at 7:12pm: You can call me all the names you want cause that is your personality. I pray that no one in your family ever gets caught up in a mass shooting. I guess with that note we have to hear about what you would do to someone if they hurt your family.

Comment by mr1stroke on March 18, 2019 at 7:00pm: caribmama i dont care about how you feel, youre concern about my opinion thats why you are addressing me, now if thats the way you feel good for you, why exactly you are telling me about your personal feelings, if you feel no one deseves to get shot why dont you stop the shootings or shut up and stop wining, i call niggers when i see them and yes you are one of the project niggers who think and follow others, stop worrying about me because your life dont no meaning to change my mind, now if you are not retarded what are you? If i post things to feel good about my self and you are responding, what does that make you? Lol this is sad

Comment by caribmama on March 18, 2019 at 6:45pm: I believe you post to make yourself feel good. Proud of you mista not using the N word. There are better days ahead I see. Still I say, no one deserves to shot down for selfish reasons. No race deserves it, no religion deserves it, your co-workers don't deserve it, students don't deserve it, and your sexuality don't deserve it. You can feel how you feel, but make sense when you say it. It's like you saying it's okay for out brothers to be kidnapped off the street by these racist whites and hung in tree and we know it's happening. Are you okay with that?

Comment by mr1stroke on March 18, 2019 at 6:19pm: caribmama i should just ignore your question, but i see many of you seek attention since no one address you and the rest you have to address me, so let me help you out, you and the rest of the people on here claim you have top education, you went to fancy universities, you have degrees, but you cannot understand these comments, there are self explanatory its not that difficult for any one with a little bit of education to comprehend what is being said, you and the rest of the people on here are always talking about the bible i also provide a facts from the bible so your question is dumb and retarded, now ill hellp you feel better if thats what the comments mean to you have a glass of that cheap voka have a blast, but i said what i said and i mean what i said, now whats your point? since you dont mean nothing to me i dont have to explain my views to you since you are just like the rest to me, just a lost cause, now do you have a man or kids to pay attention to, because i sure wouldnt pay attention to your fat project self

Comment by caribmama on March 18, 2019 at 5:27pm: So you saying that Muslims deserve to be mass murdered while praying, black folks deserve to be mass murdered while praying, students in their class rooms trying to get an education deserve to be mass murdered? Some thing is seriously wrong with you when you say you are in favor of mass shootings. People should be able to live in peace. You should take one of your guns and take your self out. You are an enigma to society.

Comment by mr1stroke on March 18, 2019 at 5:08pm: and even the bible says there will be casualties of war, even the innocents will pay the price of hate, those whorshipers were just doing the right thing, but failed to understand eveil is all around, Guardian angels may not be on duty at that time, maty they Rest In peace