Joint letter with faith leaders marking the one year anniversary of 7th October attacks in Israel.

It has been a year since the brutal Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel, and the start of this devastating war in Gaza and beyond.  

During this time, the scale of human suffering has been horrific. As people of faith from Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities in the UK, while we may hold different views about aspects of the conflict, we stand united in our grief and in our belief that our shared humanity must bring us together. 

Our faiths and our humanity teach us that we should mourn for all the innocent people who have lost their lives. 

In these challenging times, we must also reject those who seek to divide us. Anti-Jewish hate and anti-Muslim hate have no place in the UK today. We must stand together against prejudice and hatred in all its forms.

The UK has long been a model of different communities and religions getting along with each other. We commit to upholding and nurturing this proud tradition.

Signed:

Imam Qari Muhammad Asim MBE, Chair, Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board

The Most Reverend Justin Welby Archbishop of Canterbury

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

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Julie Siddiqui MBE

Dilwar Hussain MBE, Chair, New Horizons in British Islam

Imam Asim Hafiz OBE

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg OBE

Rabbi Charley Baginsky & Rabbi Josh Levy, Co-Leads of Progressive Judaism

Rabbi Pinchas Hackenbroch, Chair, Rabbinical Council of the United Synagogue