FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - New Zealand Training - The Lensbury, Teddington, Britain - November 8, 2018 New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams during training Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra/File Photo
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - All Blacks back Sonny Bill Williams joined hundreds of fellow Muslims and thousands of other New Zealanders for Friday prayers at Hagley Park in Christchurch as the country fell silent to remember the victims of last week's shooting.
Williams, who converted to Islam in 2009, was given the week off by his Super Rugby team to work with the Muslim community as it deals with the last Friday's shooting, which killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch.
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