French Muslims invited to church to mourn priest murdered by jihadists
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By AFP 2 hours ago in World
Muslims across France were invited to participate in Catholic ceremonies on Sunday to mourn a priest whose murder by jihadist teenagers sparked fears of religious tension.
Masses will be celebrated across the country in honour of octogenarian Father Jacques Hamel, whose throat was cut in his church on Tuesday in the latest jihadist attack on France.
"We are all Catholics of France," said Anouar Kbibech, the head of the French Muslim council CFCM, in an expression of togetherness in the wake of the attack
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