Around 30 Muslim leaders from across Europe gather for a rally against terror in Berlin at the site of a deadly truck attack in December, claimed by the Islamic State group.
The event, which attracted a few hundred participants, was part of a “March of Muslims Against Terrorism” by imams who set off by bus from Paris yesterday.
The gathering in the German capital took place at the Breitscheidplatz square, where a Tunisian who had failed in his attempt to seek asylum plowed a hijacked truck through crowds at a Christmas market, an attack that killed 12 people.
Around 30 Muslim leaders from across Europe rally against terror at the Breitscheidplatz square in Berlin on July 9, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Paul Zinken)
The Islamic leaders held a prayer for the victims, joined by local Muslim, Christian and Jewish representatives.
Imam Hocine Drouiche from the southern French city of Nimes was quoted by German media as saying that the event was meant to send a “message of fraternity against terrorism.”
— AFP
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