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Interfaith tensions rise in Britain and France

 

Interfaith groups are attempting to preserve lines of communication amid the fallout from events in the Middle East.

British-based organisations say their members are working to remain united despite events in Gaza, but in France tensions have risen after Muslims quit the country’s only Jewish-Muslim forum.

Stephen Shashoua, director of the Three Faiths Forum, said the feeling was that “the elephant in the room has blown his trumpet.
“We do not need to talk directly about what’s happening over there, but about the effect on community relations here,” he said.