Community leaders in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray said they did not want to "taint" Islam by having any association with Adel Kermiche, the 19-year-old jihadist who killed Fr Jacques Hamel in his hometown in northern France.
Mohammed Karabila, president of the local Muslim cultural association and imam of one of the town's mosques, told Le Parisien: "We're not going to taint Islam with this person.
"We won't participate in preparing the body or the burial."
Muslims in the town were supportive of the decision.
Khalid El Amrani, a 25-year-old technician, said he thought it was "normal" that the mosque would refuse to help with the burial.
"What this young man did was sinful, he is no longer part of our community," he said. Full story...
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Mohammed Karabila, president of the local Muslim cultural association and imam of one of the town's mosques, told Le Parisien: "We're not going to taint Islam with this person.
"We won't participate in preparing the body or the burial."
Muslims in the town were supportive of the decision.
Khalid El Amrani, a 25-year-old technician, said he thought it was "normal" that the mosque would refuse to help with the burial.
"What this young man did was sinful, he is no longer part of our community," he said. Full story...
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