Message from the Co-Chairs following attack at the Kabul Gurdwara in Afghanistan

Our thoughts and prayers are with those killed and all affected by the terrorist attack at the Kabul Gurdwara in Afghanistan.

As we and the Moderators of IFN's Faith Communities Forum have said after a number of previous attacks on places of worship around the world, "such attacks on places of worship are a reminder of the need to condemn extremist violence in the strongest terms and to stand together and to continue to work together with ever greater urgency against ignorance, prejudice and hatred. Hatred targeting any community because of its faith and belief is a scourge that cannot be tolerated. There must be freedom for all communities to worship and practise their faith freely and without fear."

Jatinder Singh Birdi and the Rt Revd Jonathan Clark, Co-Chairs, Inter Faith Network for the UK

25 March 2020