LONDON — The terror attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, that left at least 49 people dead has sent shockwaves throughout the world. “What has happened in Christchurch is an extraordinary act of unprecedented violence,” New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wrote on Twitter. “It has no place in New Zealand. Many of those affected will be members of our migrant communities – New Zealand is their home – they are us.” There are 46,149 Muslims in New Zealand out of 4.7 million people, making up less than 1 percent of the total population, according to the 2013 New Zealand census ; a full-scale national census is due to be published in April 2019. The city of Christchurch only has three mosques, and two of them were targeted on Friday. (MORE: 49 killed in mass shootings at 2 mosques in ‘one of New Zealand’s darkest days’) The attack is all the more shocking given its occurrence in what many consider one of the most peaceful places in the world — and one that prides itself on its openness and tolerance. The deliberate attack of Muslims at Friday midday prayers, the holiest time of the week, is an example of a growing…