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New Zealand's silver fern redrawn as Muslims praying gets plenty of online attention


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In the aftermath of the Christchurch terror attack, a reimagined version of a famous New Zealand symbol has garnered plenty of online attention.

Australian cartoonist Pat Campbell, who works for newspaper The Canberra Times, drew an illustration of the silver fern showing Muslims in different stages of prayer for the publication.

Campbell first drew the image on Saturday morning, which instead of fern fronds, depicted 49 figures to represent the people who died in the attack. 

On Tuesday he added another figure to the illustration, to mark the death toll rising to 50. Read more...

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