European Jewry: Attack on French church is attack on all religions

The attack on a Catholic church in northern France that left an 84-year-old priest dead is an attack against all religions, the head of the European Jewish Congress says.

French President Francois Hollande, right, bids farewell to President of the European Jewish Congress Moshe Kantor, left, after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
French President Francois Hollande, right, bids farewell to President of the European Jewish Congress Moshe Kantor, left, after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

“An attack against a religious institution and a man of God is an attack against all religions and faith itself,” says EJC president Moshe Kantor. “This dastardly attack will only strengthen our resolve to defeat the enemy of Islamist terrorism.”

Kantor adds: “This attack targets us all decent Europeans, Christians, Jews and Muslims alike.”

— JTA

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