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French religious leaders urge unity after Islamist attack on church

After meeting with President François Hollande, France's religious leaders called for solidarity in face of what Paris mosque rector called 'blasphemous sacrilege'.

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French religious leaders on Wednesday called for unity after militants claiming allegiance to Islamic State murdered a Catholic priest in the middle of a Mass, as the government scrambled to shore up security across a country struggling to avert terrorism, reports The Wall Street Journal.

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