The demonstrators were holding up placards, reading “"Tribute to Herve Gourdel” and "God is merciful" as well as signs with NotInMyName hastag. The crowd chanted “Islam for peace,” with French officials and representatives from the Parisian Arab community present at the event. "We French Muslims say stop to barbarism, stop to terrorism," Dalil Boubakeur, head of the French Council of the Muslim Faith, said during the rally. He called Friday’s demonstration a "vibrant expression of our desire for national unity and of our unwavering will to live together". "Islam is a religion of peace… orders respect for life "...
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