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![Members of a collection of political, faith and civil society leaders called Together for Humanity hold candles in a vigil outside Downing Street in London on Sunday. Reuters](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JCNLBBFQYOWZ4HQGERLINXARSI.jpg?smart=true&auth=1a03308febcc806ebe63a8dc43a2c2c665e1521fc1fc6b1b2d31b0a3877871e5&width=400&height=225)
![The vigil was a stand against anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic attitudes that have increased since the start of the Israel-Gaza war. Reuters](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/53BM2L5WVD6DNA54HX3DFDPQ2I.jpg?smart=true&auth=3265b358ab58ea3fd573100728e7f12fb561afcc9b3cdd6fe3eaead171cdf008&width=400&height=225)
![Participants holding up candles in a coalition of political, faith and civil society leaders called Together for Humanity, take part in a vigil outside Downing Street in London, Britain, December 3, 2023. They are attempting to bridge divisions over the Israel-Gaza war that is causing rising levels of Islamophobia and antisemitism. REUTERS / Susannah Ireland](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YTFLYQMWP37M773BUF2UKP4B4Y.jpg?smart=true&auth=ff96762ba2f9fd5db2ebc5ffeaaf9c3875d46cea3bbbf496a96929afc35743de&width=400&height=225)
![Imam Monawar Hussain, left, and Rabbi David Mason listen as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, addresses the vigil. PA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/WJGHOMWMKHFVVMSYO7NHOWP3BA.jpg?smart=true&auth=94da94882da34f78c37d646add942512c3c4559675d22fab1e21275750f0e5b2&width=400&height=225)
![Imam Hussain and Rev Welby shake hands as Rabbi Mason speaks to the vigil. PA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/W4RTCRF2UROP64CHJNWWDSP2LA.jpg?smart=true&auth=763311c6dfd96cdf06d6832a4f443f423eb7ac524c87b1b058cbd8faed88490e&width=400&height=225)
![Hamze Awawd, left, a Palestinian peace activist who lives in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and Magen Inon, whose parents were killed by Hamas on October 7, speak at the anti-hate vigil. PA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/Q3652AFSICSQLBXTNG2YZFQSQQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=bbcc83c25de83f812a657d31f26499c9c01aaae4672be5180a074966c92eb98a&width=400&height=225)
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![Brendan Cox, whose MP wife Jo Cox was murdered in 2016, speaks against hate. PA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/KRMIDWVJGUU2MLEMCFVCTNNMQI.jpg?smart=true&auth=d53cf5919a9232252453c18baf1e07f39b79baa54bf35b8ee1d2729fd4bedf7b&width=400&height=225)
![Layla Moran, an MP of Palestinian descent, lost a family member in Gaza. PA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/GEV6IKKPW5PNFCVK3LYBYBE7TU.jpg?smart=true&auth=a5e89d62fd57220e00fac79e64ca9b5a90f41c647ca00b7e4b54e3b6cd064f72&width=400&height=225)
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![Members of a collection of political, faith and civil society leaders called Together for Humanity hold candles in a vigil outside Downing Street in London on Sunday. Reuters](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JCNLBBFQYOWZ4HQGERLINXARSI.jpg?smart=true&auth=1a03308febcc806ebe63a8dc43a2c2c665e1521fc1fc6b1b2d31b0a3877871e5&width=400&height=225)
![The vigil was a stand against anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic attitudes that have increased since the start of the Israel-Gaza war. Reuters](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/53BM2L5WVD6DNA54HX3DFDPQ2I.jpg?smart=true&auth=3265b358ab58ea3fd573100728e7f12fb561afcc9b3cdd6fe3eaead171cdf008&width=400&height=225)
![Participants holding up candles in a coalition of political, faith and civil society leaders called Together for Humanity, take part in a vigil outside Downing Street in London, Britain, December 3, 2023. They are attempting to bridge divisions over the Israel-Gaza war that is causing rising levels of Islamophobia and antisemitism. REUTERS / Susannah Ireland](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YTFLYQMWP37M773BUF2UKP4B4Y.jpg?smart=true&auth=ff96762ba2f9fd5db2ebc5ffeaaf9c3875d46cea3bbbf496a96929afc35743de&width=400&height=225)
![Imam Monawar Hussain, left, and Rabbi David Mason listen as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, addresses the vigil. PA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/WJGHOMWMKHFVVMSYO7NHOWP3BA.jpg?smart=true&auth=94da94882da34f78c37d646add942512c3c4559675d22fab1e21275750f0e5b2&width=400&height=225)
![Imam Hussain and Rev Welby shake hands as Rabbi Mason speaks to the vigil. PA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/W4RTCRF2UROP64CHJNWWDSP2LA.jpg?smart=true&auth=763311c6dfd96cdf06d6832a4f443f423eb7ac524c87b1b058cbd8faed88490e&width=400&height=225)
![Hamze Awawd, left, a Palestinian peace activist who lives in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and Magen Inon, whose parents were killed by Hamas on October 7, speak at the anti-hate vigil. PA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/Q3652AFSICSQLBXTNG2YZFQSQQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=bbcc83c25de83f812a657d31f26499c9c01aaae4672be5180a074966c92eb98a&width=400&height=225)
![Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood addresses the vigil. PA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/AADYEDAUT5KCJMGFAG4ZBGITIA.jpg?smart=true&auth=e44737e6a100e4911e7245ad4979ca58a535d5c44f64ac8212eb5abb5bc222b9&width=400&height=225)
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![Brendan Cox, whose MP wife Jo Cox was murdered in 2016, speaks against hate. PA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/KRMIDWVJGUU2MLEMCFVCTNNMQI.jpg?smart=true&auth=d53cf5919a9232252453c18baf1e07f39b79baa54bf35b8ee1d2729fd4bedf7b&width=400&height=225)
![Layla Moran, an MP of Palestinian descent, lost a family member in Gaza. PA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/GEV6IKKPW5PNFCVK3LYBYBE7TU.jpg?smart=true&auth=a5e89d62fd57220e00fac79e64ca9b5a90f41c647ca00b7e4b54e3b6cd064f72&width=400&height=225)
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Faith leaders and MPs join Downing Street vigil against anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Brendan Cox, whose MP wife Jo Cox was murdered, said 'extremism prospers when good people go quiet'
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Soraya Ebrahimi
December 03, 2023
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