Community members listen to Yassine Taoufik, imam of the Abrar, speak at a vigil on March 17 at the Riverdale Monument for the victims of the New Zealand massacre. On March 15, a gunman killed 49 across two mosques in the capital city of Christchurch. Over the weekend, the death toll rose to 50 with the discovery of another body.
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Yassine Taoufik, imam of the Abrar, shakes hands with Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz at a vigil for the victims of the New Zealand massacre. Community members and religious leaders gathered at the Riverdale Monument to honor the memories of the 50 victims who died in a shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch on March 15.
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Community members and religious leaders gather for a vigil on March 17 at the Riverdale Monument to honor the memories of the 50 victims who died in a shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, two days before.
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Mehnaz Afridi, professor of religious studies at Manhattan College, speaks at a March 17 vigil at the Riverdale Monument to honor the memories of the 50 victims who died in a shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, two days before.
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Yassine Taoufik, imam of the Abrar, speaks about the importance of community at a March 17 vigil at the Riverdale Monument to honor the memories of the 50 victims who died in a shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, two days before.
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Rabbi Linda Shriner-Cahn, center, and Manhattan College religious studies professor Mehnaz Afridi attend a March 17 vigil at the Riverdale Monument for the victims of the shooting massacre at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, two days before.
It’s a practice that seems to be all too common, but it happened again over the weekend.
Religious leaders and community members gathered Sunday by the Riverdale Monument to mourn the victims of a tragedy.
This time it was for the 50 people who died in a shooting rampage across two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15. The death toll was initially 49, but officials discovered another body on Saturday, according to New Zealand police commissioner Mike Bush. Another 50 were wounded.
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