{"id":31960,"date":"2019-04-10T04:19:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T04:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/history-of-muslims-in-new-zealand\/"},"modified":"2019-04-10T04:19:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T04:19:47","slug":"history-of-muslims-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/history-of-muslims-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Muslims in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>By Editorial Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastmiracle.com\/thoughts-on-new-zealand-mosque-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Christchurch mosque attacks<\/a>, people started to ask the following question:<\/p>\n<p>When did Muslims arrive in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastmiracle.com\/new-zealand-rugby-player-ofa-tuungafasi-converts-to-islam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Zealand<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>How were the followers of Islam described after their first arrival in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastmiracle.com\/sonny-bill-williams-islam-has-made-me-a-lot-happier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Zealand<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>What is the oldest Islamic organization in New Zealand?<\/p>\n<p>What is the percentage of the Muslim population in New Zealand?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Watch this short video to know more about the history of Muslims in New Zealand.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ilmfeed?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ilmfeed channel<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have a question about Islam and Muslims, please feel free to have a one-to-one live chat with us:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Website:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chatonfaith.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.chatonfaith.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Facebook:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChatOnFaith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChatOnFaith\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Twitter:<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChatOnFaith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChatOnFaith<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Instagram:<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chataboutfaith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chataboutfaith\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslims are as much a part of New Zealand&#8217;s history as European Christians.<br \/>\nWatch this short video to know more about the history of Muslims in New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[357],"tags":[19909,19850,20011,8215,19881],"class_list":["post-31960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-last-miracle","tag-christchurch-massacre","tag-christchurch-mosque-attack","tag-history-of-muslims-in-new-zealand","tag-islam-in-new-zealand","tag-muslims-in-new-zealand"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>History of Muslims in New Zealand - Discover Islam Kuwait Portal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/history-of-muslims-in-new-zealand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History of Muslims in New Zealand - Discover Islam Kuwait Portal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Muslims are as much a part of New Zealand&#8217;s history as European Christians. 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