{"id":74153,"date":"2021-09-03T16:55:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T21:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=74153"},"modified":"2021-09-03T16:55:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T21:55:18","slug":"extremism-rears-its-head-again-in-new-zealand-an-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=74153","title":{"rendered":"Extremism rears its head  again in New Zealand -An Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> by Phil Mercer, BBC News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This callous act in Auckland will stir painful memories of the deadly mosque attacks in Christchurch in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In that attack, a lone gunman &#8211; a self-confessed white supremacist &#8211; murdered 51 worshippers. Once again, New Zealand&#8217;s geographic isolation and peaceful reputation have proved to be no defence against extremism.<\/p>\n<p>The assailant had, for years, been identified as a threat to national security and was under 24-hour surveillance.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The police acted decisively to prevent further carnage, but they weren&#8217;t close enough to stop serious injuries. New terror laws could, however, allow volatile individuals to be detained in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has sent a message of support: Kia Kaha New Zealand, he wrote, using Maori words. Stay strong.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:BBC<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton74153\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D74153&amp;text=Extremism%20rears%20its%20head%20%20again%20in%20New%20Zealand%20-An%20Analysis&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Phil Mercer, BBC News This callous act in Auckland will stir painful memories of the deadly mosque attacks in Christchurch in 2019. In that attack, a lone gunman &#8211; a self-confessed white supremacist &#8211; murdered 51 worshippers. Once again, New Zealand&#8217;s geographic isolation and peaceful reputation have proved to be no defence against extremism. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=74153\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Extremism rears its head  again in New Zealand -An Analysis&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74154,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74153\/revisions\/74154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}