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Religious leaders haved united together in Southport to show solidarity in the face of violent protests following the stabbing attack in which three girls died. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We've all come together along with faith leaders from across communities, in particular the
00:07Christian and the Jewish community, to show solidarity to the mosque here that was attacked
00:15on Tuesday, but more importantly to pay our respects to the families of the victims of
00:23the horrific attack on Monday.
00:27When one life is taken, it's as if the entire world has been destroyed.
00:32This week, three worlds were utterly destroyed, and we're feeling the ripple effects of that
00:39in our bodies and hearts today and onwards.
00:44What is clear is it's okay to be angry and fearful and confused.
00:49What is not okay is to turn that anger and that fear outwards.
00:54So I've come alongside the South Port Jewish communities to stand in solidarity with my
01:00Muslim sisters and brothers at the attack this week.
01:04It is simply not okay.
01:06It is not what is needed in this moment.
01:09They and we all deserve better.
01:12There needs to be time to heal and to be in community.
01:16We are stronger together.
01:19On Tuesday night, I thought I'm the unluckiest man in the whole of the country.
01:29On Friday evening, I feel the luckiest man in the whole of the country.
01:35Look at all these beautiful people.
01:37Look at all these faces and face, different face and different, you know, we have here
01:45people from the church, from the synagogue, and we are all friends, by the way, with some
01:51of the leaders that you see behind you here.
01:54This beautiful community came together, and before we came to clean here, they were here
02:00six o'clock in the morning cleaning and sweeping and asking what can they do in order to, you
02:08know, help.
02:09So we thank them very much, and the last word is to say they will never win.
02:17Hurt will never prevail.
02:21Always love will prevail in the end.
02:24Thank you very much, and I appreciate everybody here, and I would like to give a hug to each
02:29and every one, but I will leave that in later, inshallah.
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