The Muslim Council of Britain has sent a message of support to the Jewish community following last week’s terror attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris.
In a statement on Saturday, the organisation said that it stood “united in its solidarity with the Jewish community”.
Unfolding events in Paris over the past few days had “undoubtedly horrified everyone, not least Muslims from around the world,” it said. “We must work hard to defy those who wish to divide communities.
“We echo the reaction of France's President Francois Hollande who said: ‘Those who committed these acts, these fanatics, have nothing to do with the Muslim faith’. Unity, as the French President has rightly said, is our best weapon.”