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The head of a religious order in Co Down who knew slain Father Jacques Hamel has revealed that Church land beside the scene of the murder was given by Catholic authorities to Muslims to build a mosque.

Father Mark Ephrem Nolan (58), Prior of the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross near Rostrevor, said such attacks could happen anywhere, and confirmed Fr Hamel had good relations with those of the Islamic faith in the local area.

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Despite the attack, the cleric said Catholics and Muslims in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, the town in Normandy where Fr Hamel died, got on well with one another.

"There is a large Muslim population there, and relations are normally very good between the communities," said Fr Nolan, who was born in 1958, the year Fr Hamel was ordained.

"Efforts have been made by the Christian community to be welcoming to Muslims.

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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/w...l-34918365.html

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Efforts have been made by the Christian community to be welcoming to Muslims.

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