Don't Associate Islam With Barbarism - Imams March Against Terrorism in Europe

Published July 9th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT
People march after a mass prayer for Imam Akonjee and his assistant in New York on Aug 15. (AFP)
People march after a mass prayer for Imam Akonjee and his assistant in New York on Aug 15. (AFP)

Around 60 imams from several European countries are on a bus tour of cities hit by “Islamist” terrorism in order to condemn extremism committed in the name of religion. Their message is that Islam is a religion of peace.

“Our message is clear,” said the chief organizer, Hassen Chalgouhi. “You can’t associate Islam with these barbarians and these murderers.”

He called on “civil society to mobilize” after the deaths of several hundred people in attacks in Europe and after “7,000 young people have left for Iraq and Syria”.

It is about sending a “message of humanity and brotherhood against terrorism,” said Imam Houcine Drouiche from the French