Italian Muslims on Friday
reiterated their condemnation of this weeks terror attacks in
Paris.
Leaders in the Muslim community of Rome, site of Europe's
largest mosque, expressed unified condemnation of the killings,
including Wednesday's attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo
magazine in which 12 people were murdered.
At the closing of the Friday prayer at the Rome Mosque,
Imam Hassan Zeinah said "every act of violence is condemnable in
and of itself".
"The message of Islam is a message of peace, harmony,
solidarity and social unity. Islam is a religion that teaches
charity, love, and non-violence," Zeinah said.
On the sidelines of the Friday prayer at the Rome Mosque,
president of the Palestinian community of Rome and Lazio,
Salameh Ashour, expressed his condolences to France on behalf of
his community, and made an appeal for peace.
"Every act of violence is due to oppression. We have to
fight ignorance. The international community has to create the
conditions for peace and justice," Ashour said.
Secretary General of the Islamic Cultural Center of Italy,
Abdellah Redouane, was also present at Friday's prayer at the
Rome Mosque, and said that regardless of the content published
in Charlie Hebdo, what happened in Paris has "no justification".
"The way to respond to a comic is with a comic, to a book,
with a book," Redouane said.
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