Mass murder, faith, and empathy

Published March 15, 2019 7:30pm ET



There’s an unwritten philosophy instilled in many young Muslims: The Muslim community is like a single human body, and if pain is felt in one limb, the whole body feels it.

That’s the type of sentiment that not only Muslims but people of faith feel after witnessing the terrorist atrocities at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which 49 people were murdered and scores of others wounded during a Friday prayer service.

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