Fear and intolerance of others or thing often comes from ignorance. The less we know, the more we as suspicious.
Therefore since November 9, 2013 the association has been working on is to better inform residents about Islam.
"We are open to the public and have invited them to enter the mosque for them to learn more about Islam, our practices, so people will understand and we understand that some people do not Islam, "said the chairman of the mosque in Stuff.co.nz.
The open house capped a week of activities that included an interfaith discussion between representatives of Muslim, Jewish and Christian, "People of the Book", focused on the concept of "charity".
Waikaito currently has about 3,200 Muslim worshipers and covers 45 different cultural groups that have each their representatives (Anglicans, Baha'is, Catholics, Mormons, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Methodists, Presbyterians, Quakers, Buddhists and Sikhs) in the Waikato interfaith Council.
