As I was writing the previous post, they released another statement :
CALL FOR UNITY AND MOURNING
Several terrorist attacks have hit France with a dreadful record exceeding the hundred dead. The victims are civilians flowing in the streets or lingering in gathering places.
This abject barbarism, claimed by Daech is the result of an international terrorism that kills indiscriminately.
Muslim federations condemn in the strongest terms these attacks and combine with the immense pain of the parents, families and relatives of the victims and wish a speedy recovery to the many wounded.
Muslim federations call for greater vigilance as recalled by the President of the Republic. The unity and brotherhood are our only chance to resist this blind terrorism, which is now becoming a serious and real threat to all.
These terrorists by attacking France, prey on our values. They reject freedom and democracy wherever they exist perpetrating daily bloody attacks in different countries.
We encourage our citizens to respond favorably to the appeal made by hospitals in Paris to blood donation by visiting the establishments organizing the blood drive.
Muslim federations call on all mosques in France and all the faithful to raise prayers for peace in our country and the safety of our citizens.
May God protect our country, France, from any misfortune.
Paris, November 14, 2015
Signatories alphabetically:
- French Muslim Council (CFCM)
- Coordination Committee of Turkish Muslims in France - (CCMTF)
- French Federation of Islamic Associations of Africa, the Comoros and the Antilles
(FFAIACA)
- National Federation of the Great Mosque of Paris (FNGMP)
- Faith and Practice (FP)
- Rally of Muslims in France (RMF)
- Union of Islamic Organizations of France (UOIF)