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Muslims attend Catholic mass to show interfaith solidarity after murder of priest

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<div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-top" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div><br/><div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2016/08/muslims-attend-catholic-mass-to-show-interfaith-solidarity-after-murder-of-priest/muslims-attend-catholic-mass-image-capture-of-video-by-nbc-news/"><img alt="" src="http://kickerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Muslims-attend-Catholic-mass-IMage-capture-of-video-by-NBC-news-600x264.jpg" title="Muslims attend Catholic mass"/></a> <span class="wp-caption-text"> Image capture of video by NBC news</span> </div><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside><ul><li><strong>Muslims attended a Catholic mass across France to show interfaith solidarity and sorrow over the killing of a Catholic priest by two teen jihadists</strong></li><br/><li><strong>The French Muslim Council urged Muslim people to show “solidarity and compassion” in the wake of the priest’s murder</strong></li><br/><li><strong>“Being united is a response to the act of horror and barbarism,” a top imam said</strong></li><br/></ul><p>Muslims attended Catholic mass across France to show interfaith solidarity and express sorrow following the gruesome murder of a French Catholic priest by two teenager jihadists.</p><br/><p>At least 100 Muslims were among the more than 2,000 church-goers who attended a mass at the Gothic cathedral in Rouen, just a few miles where 86-year-old Father Jacques Hamel was killed by Adel Kermiche and Abdel Malik Petitjean; both were 19. The pair took six hostages before slitting the throat of the priest. They were later shot dead by police when they tried to escape.</p><br/><p>“Solidarity and condolences,” Anouar Kbibech, the head of the French Council of the Muslim Faith wrote on Twitter.</p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-middle"><br/><br/></div><br/></div><br/><p>Outside the Gothic Cathedral, the Muslims unfurled a banner with the words “Love for All, Hate for none.”</p><br/><p>Sister Danielle, a nun who was among those taken hostage by Kermiche and Petitjean at Fr. Hamel’s church, shook hands and embraced Muslims who attended the mass in Rouen.</p><br/><p>Elsewhere in France, Muslim men and women were seen crowding Catholic Cathedrals as shown by French Television.</p><br/><p>Otaman Aissaoui, the top imam in Nice, led a Muslim delegation to a Catholic mass in the city where 84 people were killed by a Tunisian truck driver who plowed his vehicle into the crowd celebrating the Bastille Day.</p><br/><p>“Being united is a response to the act of horror and barbarism,” Aissaoui said.</p><br/><p>According to the <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/muslims-pray-with-catholics-over-priests-murder-by-isis-terrorists-a7165626.html">Independent</a>, the Muslim worshippers were responding to a call from the French Muslim Council; urging them show “solidarity and compassion” in the wake of Father Hamel’s murder.</p><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside> <center> </center><br/><p><strong><a href="https://blockads.fivefilters.org">Let’s block ads!</a></strong> <a href="https://github.com/fivefilters/block-ads/wiki/There-are-no-acceptable-ads">(Why?)</a></p><br/><p><a href="http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2016/08/muslims-attend-catholic-mass-to-show-interfaith-solidarity-after-murder-of-priest/" rel="nofollow">Kicker Daily News</a></p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-bottom" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div>

Image capture of video by NBC news Muslims attended a Catholic mass across France to show interfaith solidarity and sorrow over the kill...