As a Muslim, I condemn Isil

I am deeply grieved by the fact that innocent people in Barcelona lost their lives to a barbaric terrorist.

Once again Isil, or the ‘Islamic State’, has claimed responsibility for an atrocity in Europe. I, as a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, condemn in the strongest terms this evil attack and the ‘Islamic State’.

The leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has stated: “Those who shed the blood of the innocent have nothing to do with Islam and the Holy Prophet.” The victims and their families are the focus of my prayers. Fawad Noonan Maryam Mosque, Galway