On March 15 last year, I lost a close friend in the Christchurch attacks. When Haji-Daoud Nabi greeted a stranger at the door of the Al Noor mosque with “hello brother”, he was shot dead – one of 51 people killed.

Last month, Muslims in Canada were horrified by the attacks on churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. They organized, spoke at and attended vigils and peace circles in honour of the victims across Canada.

Unfortunately now, the mourning and outrage continues as Muslim communities in Sri Lanka are facing retaliatory violence.