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Quietly and coldly and with the music, Australian Brenton Tarant made a massacre of worshipers during Friday prayer at two synagogues in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday, citing his stance on what he called the invasion of Muslims and immigrants to the Western world.

The perpetrator left many references to his ideological and political orientation, including a lengthy 73-page statement on his Twitter page before the attack, racist and inflammatory remarks against Muslims written on the crime weapon, a racist ideology that believes in white supremacy, hostility to Muslims and immigrants, and US President Donald Trump.

"Our land will not be a day for immigrants, and this homeland that white men will remain and they will never be able to replace our people," he said in a statement titled "The Great Alternative".

In this document, Tarant said he supported President Trump as "a symbol of white identity and common goals, not as a political leader."

The attacker wanted his operation to be a warning ring in the West, and a message from "just a plain white man" containing a series of warning signs of issues such as birth rates, immigrant and Muslim solutions for white Europeans in the Western world, and Europeans' failure to invade immigrants and Muslims.

New Zealand massacre bomber Brendon Tarant considers himself "just a plain white man" sending warning signals to the West (websites)

The attacker sees in the document he posted on his page that migrants threaten Western societies with their high birth rates, while Westerners are far from procreating, threatening to displace Muslim immigrants.

The attacker wanted the radical racist right to launch new attacks to scare immigrants and warn them to travel to Europe and the West.

Tarant claimed that the massacre was in retaliation "for the hundreds of thousands of deaths caused by the invaders in European territory throughout history and for the revenge of thousands of enslaved Europeans who were taken from their lands to be enslaved by Muslims."

Tarant called historical events such as the siege of Acre in 1189, the battles of the Ottomans with the European powers, including the Battle of Vienna in 1863, and the battle of Chibeka 1877 with the Russian Empire and Bulgaria, the most historic events of a century and a half ago.

Three days before the attack, the Twitter account (BrentonTarrant) was suddenly activated, and Twitter was launched 39 times. The tweets included links to online articles on birth rates among the Muslim and non-Muslim population, including an article in the Daily Mail on January 10 Reported that the birth rates of white women in the United States were lower than those of Hispanic women.

The attacker described his family and surroundings as traditional Australians who do not care about politics and public affairs, and focus on animal rights, the environment and taxation issues, criticizing the demographic change that is being caused by Muslims and immigrants.

The far-rightists believe that Muslims undermine their culture and identity, and must confront them before their danger increases. They adopt a mixture of extremist religious, racist and nationalist ideas and communicate online through private forums.

Globalized terrorism
Tarant said he carried out the attack to create an atmosphere of fear and change in which radical, powerful and revolutionary action could take place. He also sought to destabilize and polarize western society in order to ultimately eliminate the nihilistic madness, pleasure and individualism that dominated Western thought.

He also said he was seeking a wedge between the NATO countries and the Turks, who are part of NATO, and thus turn NATO back into a unified European army and push Turkey into the enemy's bunk.

Phrases written by the New Zealand attack port on his weapon and called for historical events such as the siege of Acre 1189 (communication sites)

In addition, Tarrant said he was seeking to create a conflict between US ideologies on gun ownership and the second amendment of the constitution, and to strengthen the social, cultural, political and ethnic divide in America. This would eventually lead to civil war that would lead to the "Balkanization" of the United States on political, cultural and ethnic grounds.

"This Balkanization will limit the ability of the United States to show its strength globally and thus ensure that such a situation does not happen again," Tarant said, recalling what he called US involvement in Kosovo when the United States and NATO fought alongside Muslims and massacred European Christians trying to expel them. Islamist occupiers from Europe.

Muslims in New Zealand and Australia
Muslims are the fastest growing religious group in New Zealand, increasing sixfold between 1991 and 2006, and Muslims now make up about 1 percent of the population, according to data from the University of Victoria New Zealand.

Although Muslims are a small, fast-growing group, there is little research on their experiences in New Zealand. However, there are media letters indicating that some New Zealanders have negative views about their presence in society.

A small number of Muslim immigrants from South Asia and Eastern Europe settled in New Zealand from the early 20th century until the 1960s. The migration of Muslims began in the 1970s with the arrival of the nearby Fiji Indians, followed by refugees from various war-torn countries in the 1990s. The first Islamic center was opened in 1959, and Muslims in New Zealand are known to coexist peacefully with followers of other religions.

Muslims in the country are a mix of backgrounds, races, languages ​​and cultures.

In neighboring Australia, where the attack came from, Muslims accounted for about 2.6 percent of the total population in 2016, an increase of more than 15 percent of the population in the previous census five years ago. The increase is attributed to relatively high birth rates and recent migration patterns.

Muslims in New Zealand form a mix of backgrounds, races, languages ​​and cultures (European)

Islamophobia is neither a new nor a rare phenomenon in Australia; there is an anti-Muslim media discourse in the media through negative stereotypes of Muslims. Many right-wing politicians have benefited from these negative stereotypes, and this has further marginalized, discriminated and excluded the Muslim community.

A wide-ranging survey published in 2011 found that 48.6 percent of Australians had a negative view of Islam, while another study published in 2014 found that a quarter of Australians had anti-Muslim views, five times higher than any other religion, That 27% of Australian Muslims were discriminated against, the highest proportion among religions included in the study.

Australia has a long history of excluding immigrants from non-European origins. The country has followed the policies of "white Australia" on a large scale from the beginning of the 20th century until 1973, policies aimed at preventing Asians (especially Chinese) and Pacific Islanders from migrating to Australia, Muslims were covered by these policies until governments gradually changed them between 1949 and 1973.