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Muslims and Catholics unite in solidarity after ISIS kills French priest

Pope Francis, on the plane back to Rome after a trip to Poland, said Islam could not be equated with terrorism.

By :  amrit sadhana
Update: 2016-08-01 08:20 GMT
Muslims attended Catholic mass in churches around France on Sunday in solidarity and sorrow following the brutal murder of a priest, the latest in a string of attacks.
Iman Sami Salem and Imam Mohammed ben Mohammed stand during a mass in the Church Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome.
Notre Dame church in southwestern Bordeaux also welcomed a Muslim delegation, led by the city's top imam, Tareq Oubrou.
Many were moved to tears during the sign of peace, a regular part of the liturgy when the faithful turn to greet each other in the pews, either shaking hands or kissing.
At the Saint Leger church in the northern city of Lens, around 30 Muslims attended mass wearing T-shirts emblazoned with messages such as, Terrorism has no religion or identity'.
A woman wearing a beige headscarf who sat in a back pew at a church in central Paris said, I'm a practising Muslim and I came to share my sorrow and tell you that we are brothers and sisters.'
Muslims were responding to a call by the French Muslim council CFCM to show solidarity and compassion' over the priest's murder.
More than 100 Muslims were among the 2,000 faithful who packed the 11th-century Gothic cathedral of Rouen, near the Normandy town where two jihadi teenagers slit the throat of 85-year-old Father Jacques Hamel.
Pope Francis, on the plane back to Rome after a trip to Poland, said Islam could not be equated with terrorism.

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