Why I Practiced Tonglen in a Mosque

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By Suzanne Harvey
Apr 09, 2019
 
After the New Zealand mass shooting, a Buddhist practitioner reflects on praying with her Muslim neighbors.

 

The Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand https://tricy.cl/2G7490m

On March 15, as reports came in about the massacre of Muslims while they prayed in Christchurch, New Zealand, I was moved to visit our local mosque in Nashua, New Hampshire and pay respects with my Muslim neighbors at Jumu’ah, or Friday Prayer. I also wanted to show my support and share my grief with my friend Mustak, a member of the congregation and a local community of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.

I asked Mustak how he felt going to his mosque following the news of the mass shooting.

Dhaka, Cox’s Bazar police alerted after New Zealand attack

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Muktadir Rashid | Published: Mar 16,2019


The police on Friday alerted their units in Cox’s Bazar and tightened checkpoints in the capital’s Gulshan and Baridhara diplomatic areas after the extremist attack in mosques in New Zealand that left at least 49 people, including three Bangladeshis, killed.

The police officials said that they always kept their force on alert but additional precaution was prescribed as soon as the shooting incident in mosques was reported in the media.