Post date: Nov 22, 2015 8:3:31 PM
The recent events in Paris have shocked us all. The Council of Faiths condemn the senseless murders of so many people, many of them very young.
We are concerned that some people will try and take out their anger about these events on innocent Muslims here in Milton Keynes or elsewhere in the UK. They are no more responsible for these terrorist attacks than Christians were for the atrocities of the IRA.
Others are trying to use this tragic event to say we in the West shouldn't help the Syrian refugees, but we need to remember that they are fleeing the same people. Only the day before the Paris attack there was an attack in Beirut.
We understand that there will be increased anxieties about the safety of Muslim communities, and we of all faiths want them to know they have our support.
Milton Keynes Council of Faiths works to increase understanding about and between faith communities and to encourage and support good inter faith relations. As part of this it has always underlined the enormous importance of the contribution which faith communities make to Milton Keynes.
The different faiths communities live well together in MK and long may it continue.
Press queries to Revd Canon John Robertson, Vice-Chair MK Council of Faiths: Tel 01908 311310 or 07891 269319; email jcrdem@gmail.com.