Women across New Zealand are wearing headscarves in a show of support for the Muslim community, one week after 50 people were shot dead in two mosques in the city of Christchurch.
Women and children have posted pictures of themselves wearing headscarves on social media Friday, with words denouncing last week’s violence and expressing solidarity with victims of the shooting. “I stand with our Muslim community today and against hate and violence of any kind,” one Twitter user wrote.
I stand with our Muslim community today and against hate and violence of any kind #HeadScarfforHarmony pic.twitter.com/30bKnm2S2s
— Julie Hills (@julesnz35) March 22, 2019
View this post on Instagram
So great to see the women from @thehitsnz @laurasamtonionthehits showing their support. #headscarfforharmony
A post shared by Headscarf for Harmony (@headscarfforharmony) on Mar 21, 2019 at 10:21am PDT
These photos should be seen far and wide: Women wearing headscarves as tribute to the victims of the mo..