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Photos: Wellington Vigil For Paris

In Wellington’s Civic Square on Wednesday the seventeenth of November a vigil was held for those lost and injured in the attacks in Paris over the weekend. French flags were flown and music and conversation punctuated the somber occasion. A minute of silence was held. More>>

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Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre lit in the colours of the French flag. Photo: Lyndon Hood

Gordon Campbell: On Islam And The Paris Attacks

According to polls, a third of Republican voters in Iowa want Islam to be criminalized. Unfortunately, the cornfields of middle America aren’t the only place that ‘Islam’ is being blamed for the terrorism attacks in Paris.

Presidential contender Ben Carson for instance, wants it to be made illegal for a Muslim to be elected as President of the USA. For the Republican Party at least, freedom of religion in America extends only to tolerating many ways of accepting Jesus Christ as your personal saviour. In reality of course, treating Islamic State as the essence of Islam makes about as much sense as treating the Ku Klux Klan as the essence of Christianity... More>>

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• Gordon Campbell - Gordon Campbell on why Islamic State’s growing weakness makes it more dangerous

Paris Attacks: ‘Care And Concern’ To The People Of Paris From NZ

Sunday: The Mayor of Wellington Celia Wade-Brown has extended condolences from the capital city to the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, in the wake of Friday’s terrorist attack.

“Our care and concern has been extended to the Mayor of Paris and all French citizens through New Zealand’s French Ambassador, HE Mrs Florence Jeanblanc-Risler, and directly to the Mayor’s Office in Paris,” she says.

The French tricolour is flying at half-mast above the Wellington City Council building today and the Michael Fowler Centre will be lit up in French colours tonight. More>>

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• Govt House - Governor-General statement on terrorist attacks in Paris - Statement from the Governor-General
• NZ Govt - Government condemns attacks in Paris
• Greens - Green Party expresses sympathy for Paris victims
• NZ First - Events in Paris, a Serious Matter for New Zealand
• Federation of Islamic Associations/NZ Human Rights Commission - Muslims stand alongside victims of terrorism
• International Muslim Association of NZ - Statement from IMANZ
• Ahmadiyya Muslim Community NZ - Community Condemns Paris Attacks And Prays for Victims
• Wellington City Council - Moment of remembrance following Paris attacks
• Auckland Council - Flags to be flown at half-mast for Paris - Book of Condolence for Paris
• Rotorua Lakes Council - Prince’s Gate arches turn red, white and blue for Paris
• Sky City - Sky Tower to glow red, white and blue
• Spark - Spark to credit cost of calls to France
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• International Trade Union Federation - ITUC Condemns Barbaric Terror Attacks in Paris
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• Embassy of Israel - Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
• HWPL - HWPL Peace Discussion in London
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Lebanon:

• Franklin Lamb - Beirut’s Explosion
• Out-Link - Lebanon arrests 9 over Beirut bombings: minister - Yahoo News
• Out-Link - Beirut, Also the Site of Deadly Attacks, Feels Forgotten - The New York Times

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