Tradie is fired for calling Islam 'violent and destructive' in the wake of the Christchurch mosque massacre - as he insists he was just trying to have an 'intellectual conversation' Thomas Knight-Wagener was fired four days into his job at Placemakers The tradesman claimed his manager fired him following comments about Islam He called Islam 'violent' and 'destructive' following the Christchurch shootings But Knight-Wagener claimed he was just 'having an intellectual conversation'
By Paula Ahillon For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 04:28 GMT, 27 March 2019 | Updated: 04:29 GMT, 27 March 2019
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A tradie was fired four days into a new job for calling Muslims 'violent and destructive' the day after the Christchurch terror attack.
Thomas Knight-Wagener lost his job at Placemakers Albany, north-west of Auckland, after making the comments.
Knight-Wagener, originally from Kaitaia, told the NZ Herald he was 'having an intellectual conversation' with his new colleagues about Islam.
He mentioned reports he had read about crimes committed in the United Kingdom by Muslims, following a conversation about the mosque attacks.
