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| UAE, Arab League condemn Paris terrorist attack | |
| 2015-01-08 | |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, emphasised the UAE’s solidarity with the friendly government and people of France at this critical time and expressed its condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations as a phenomenon that targets international security and stability. The statement said that such appalling criminal acts require cooperation and solidarity at all levels to eradicate this menace which seeks to spread destruction, chaos and to destabilise security and stability. The ministry said these criminal acts against innocent civilians violate all human principles and ethical values. The ministry expressed its sincere condolences and sympathies with the French government and families of victims and wished a swift recovery to the injured. The Arab League, Qatar and Al Azhar, Islam’s most prestigious centre of learning, condemned the deadly attack. “Arab League chief Nabil Al Arabi strongly condemns the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris,” the League said. The Gulf state of Qatar expressed “strong” condemnation of the attack. “Such acts that target unarmed civilians contradict all principles and moral and human values,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. Doha offered condolences to the French government and the families of the victims. Al Azhar condemned the “criminal attack”, saying that “Islam denounces any violence”, in remarks carried by Egypt’s state news agency Mena. In a separate statement, Al Azhar senior official Abbas Shoman said the institution “does not approve of using violence even if it was in response to an offence committed against sacred Muslim sentiments”. France’s Muslim leadership also sharply condemned the shooting as a “barbaric” attack and an assault on Press freedom and democracy. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |