The European Jewish Congress (CJE) said Thursday, October 29 "
upset and outraged
" by the knife attack which killed three people on Thursday in a basilica in Nice, denouncing "
the barbarity and the absolute evil
" of the attack .
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"
We are deeply shocked by the barbarism and the absolute evil embodied by these attacks carried out against French citizens and the French Republic
", said in a statement Moshe Kantor, president of the CJE, a secular institution based in Brussels representing the European Jewish community.
"
The attacks targeting the fundamental right to freedom of expression on the one hand and the tolerance manifested towards radical Islamism on the other hand constitute moral support for these terrorist acts
", he added. , also referring to the recent beheading of French professor Samuel Paty.
"
Having experienced the consequences of such acts in recent years, the Jewish communities of Europe are fully in solidarity with (French) President Emmanuel Macron and the French people,
" Moshe Kantor concluded.
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The bishop of Nice, Mgr André Marceau, quickly called on Thursday for the “
spirit of forgiveness
”
to prevail
.
His diocesan delegate for interreligious dialogue, Father Asso, immediately received calls from the Jewish community in Nice and from the two people in charge of the Mosque of Muslims in the city center.