[custom_adv] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has unveiled a memorial plaque to the victims of the Christchurch terror attack. Surrounded by members of the Muslim community, she unveiled the plaque in the grounds of the Masjid An-Nur on Deans Ave on Thursday, where 42 people were killed in the atrocity in March last year. [custom_adv] Seven others were killed at the Linwood Islamic Centre the same day.Ardern has previously called the day one of the blackest in New Zealand’s history, one that left a scar on the hearts of Muslims and non-Muslims alike. [custom_adv] That scar was given the chance to heal last month when the terrorist behind the attacks at the Deans Ave mosques and Linwood was jailed for life without parole last month after pleading guilty to 51 counts of murder and 40 charges of attempted murder. [custom_adv] Its unveiling fulfils the wish of the mosque’s imam, Gamal Fouda, who spoke eloquently of the Muslim community’s strength in the weeks after the attack. Speaking outside the mosque at the unveiling, Fouda said the terrorist attack had for so many been "one of the toughest times of our lives". [custom_adv] "No one could have ever imagined that this will happen in Aotearoa. We all thought New Zealand was safe." While March 15 was one of the darkest days for New Zealand, he said, it also branded the country "the mother of peace in the world". [custom_adv] "We created a legacy through our response to this tragedy - that we grow on at this time." Fouda later reiterated his call for a specific new law to differentiate between freedom of speech and hate speech. "Is burning the holy Koran or the bible, is that freedom of speech? [custom_adv] "If you are going to actually create problems and then say there is freedom of speech, sorry, freedom of speech is not hate speech. [custom_adv] “They need to know what happened so that they can learn the lessons and so those people and the tragedy will not be forgotten.” [custom_adv] "I would like to see a new law in New Zealand to distinguish between them. "The blood of those people shouldn't be forgotten." [custom_adv] The day after the gunman’s sentencing last month, he told Stuff: “I think there should be a memorial, for the martyrs and to document this tragedy and for the future generations who did not witness it.