I AM emailing you because of the recent events in Paris. I would like the entire local community to know that the Moroccan community and many other Muslim communities are outraged and shocked.

We would like to reiterate that these murders of innocent people are barbaric and inhumane and are clearly against the teachings of Islam and our core beliefs. We would not like the name of Islam to be represented by murders.

We know that the casualties are made of 19 different nationalities and we stand with the French people, the victims murdered, injured and their relatives.

Abdel Boutarfas, Chairman, The Moroccan Association, Trowbridge