‘You are my friends’: British man stands guard outside his local mosque after Christchurch terror attack

Shared widely on social media, many were curious about the identity of the man, which was later revealed by Graystone's daughter Ruth Kyle. "Dear world. This is my Dad @AndrewGraystone and I am so proud, in every way, to be his daughter!" she tweeted in response to a post on Twitter.

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Graystone shared that he decided to stand outside the Mosque because he wanted people to know that “we can respond with friendship”.

In the aftermath of the deadly terror attack on two mosques in New Zealand that claimed the lives of at least 50 people including five Indians, a man standing guard outside the Levenshulme mosque in Machester has received praise online. A picture of him holding a placard that read “You are my friends. I will keep watch while you pray” has gone viral.

this guy is stood outside a mosque in ends, may allah shower him with blessings pic.twitter.com/3s5pFhAo0V

— 🥋 (@nemomcr) March 15, 2019

However, many were curious about the identity of the man which was later revealed by his daughter, Ruth Kyle. “Dear world. This is my Dad @AndrewGraystone and I am so proud, in every way, to be his daughter!” she tweeted in response to many enquiring about him.

Dear world. This is my Dad @AndrewGraystone and I am SO proud, in every way, to be his daughter! pic.twitter.com/N0YZx45MpS

— Ruth Kyle (@RuthieKyle) March 15, 2019

Graystone shared that he decided to stand outside the Mosque because he wanted people to know that “we can respond with friendship”. “As people walked up, you could see in their eyes that they were looking at somebody standing outside their mosque, thinking, ‘Oh no, is this some kind of protest or whatever’. And then when they saw the message saying ‘You are my friend’, their faces broke and they beamed and smiled,” he told BBC.

this man is too precious, i’m happy to know that there’s still some good in the world https://t.co/tT9sU8XIDH

— tatiana 39 #saveODAAT (@spidersragnarok) March 17, 2019

what a sweetheart may allah protect him🥺 https://t.co/E9wXM2Iks5

— 𝓝 (@n_attiya) March 17, 2019

this straight up made me bawl my eyes out https://t.co/XsD7S6oZPO

— ghostgirl ☂︎ (@decryptingsarah) March 17, 2019

Let’s pray together for making this world a better place to live and a place where we can walk with our heads up without fear…. https://t.co/QkYkkPcsQP

— Chelssa (@ChelssaJames) March 17, 2019

Masha Allah…😍😍😍
Thank you my Brother
May Allah bless you and your family. Aameen… https://t.co/yLKKjgy2hx

— Emak Ex Golput 🇵🇸👆🏽🇮🇩👆🏽 (@dinarisdh) March 17, 2019

This has melted my heart 😢😢 https://t.co/fCtJqdcjFn

— グレース (@graceoffenn) March 17, 2019

The world needs more people like him! https://t.co/EwIafgpGqZ

— Aditya Sharma (@adidead) March 17, 2019

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