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The shootings in Christchurch killed 49 people, the New Zealand police chief said. REUTERS / SNPA / Martin Hunter

Convictions have proliferated around the world on Friday, March 15, a few hours after the attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The last balance sheet reports 49 deaths. Turkish President insists on " rising Islamophobia ", the Norwegian Prime Minister on the " painful " reminder of the Utoya killings, while Queen Elizabeth II is " deeply saddened by the appalling attack ".

There have been many reactions since the announcement of the double shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, especially in Muslim countries, and outrage is widespread.

Indonesia , the world's largest Muslim country, has strongly condemned the shooting and presented its " sincere condolences " to the families of the victims. Malaysia has called the attack a black tragedy for humanity and peace in the world. Also condemned by Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan for whom the attack illustrates the growing hostility towards Islam, hostility sometimes encouraged and the world observes without reacting, according to his words. " With this attack, hostility to Islam (...) has crossed the boundaries of individual harassment to reach the level of a mass killing ," he also said in an address in Istanbul .

For Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan , the bombing in New Zealand proves that terrorism has no religion and condemned the increase in terrorist attacks and growing Islamophobia since September 11, 2001. Since then Islam and the 300 million Muslims are collectively responsible for any terrorist act in the world.

The Bangladeshi media reports the testimony of their cricket team who was near the shooting and who could narrowly escape the carnage. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of the Sunni Islam institution Al-Azhar in Cairo, called for " increased efforts to support the values ​​of tolerance " and notes that these attacks are "the result of the proliferation of Islamophobic discourse in several countries, including those known for the coexistence of their population ".

French President Emmanuel Macron denounced " heinous crimes " and stressed that " France stood up against any form of extremism ". The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker , in a statement, denounced a " senseless act of violence against innocent people at their place of prayer ", " contrary to the values ​​and the culture of peace and unity that the European Union shares with New Zealand .

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has called for a fight against " all forms of extremism " after the attack, which she said was a reminder of the attacks in 2011 by the Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik.