As a British Muslim, I am repulsed by the carnage of the Manchester Arena attack. Salman Abedi has a Muslim name but his vile attack neither represents Islam nor Muslims — just as the murderer of Jo Cox did not represent Yorkshiremen.
Abedi has shown that he had no regard for God or humanity. Killing an innocent person is one of the gravest sins in Islam. We imams have unreservedly condemned this attack and joined other faith leaders in remembering the lives of the victims. This Friday, mosques across the country will host prayers of peace and of solidarity. We will restate our resolve to fight extremism.
Those who pray at my mosque in Leeds seem to me a fairly typical snapshot of Britain’s 3