The General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars has strongly condemned the horrific terrorist attack that targeted worshipers in 2 mosques in New Zealand, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries, including children. It said in statement today that the Council of Senior Scholars condemns, in the strongest terms, this barbaric crime by extremist terrorists, calling on all countries and organizations to quickly criminalize racist speech; it feeds extremism and terrorism and leads to such brutal terrorist incidents, he said in a statement. It offered its deepest condolences to families of victims, wishing wounded speedy recovery.