Muslim leaders unite to condemn 'appalling attack'

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Muslim leaders condemned the "heinous and appalling" Westminster terror attack as they joined together with Christian and Jewish leaders just metres from the scene of the atrocity.

Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli, representing Shia Muslims, and Sunni Sheikh Khalifa Ezzat, head Imam at the London Central Mosque, stood side-by-side with Justin Welby, Ephraim Mirvis and Cardinal Vincent Nichols outside Westminster Abbey.

Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, Chief Rabbi Ephriam Mirvis, Sheikh Ezzat Khalifa, Sheikh Mohammad al Hilli and Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster

They led a minute of silence in tribute to the four innocent victims who were killed and the many who were left injured.