MCB has compiled a list of memorial events for the Sri Lanka Easter attacks that MCB affiliates and other Muslim organisations have been taking part in this week or scheduled to take part in, since the horrific Easter Sunday attacks on 21 April.
This page is being constantly updated. Please contact us to add any events not currently listed.
COSMOS UK invites you and your family to join this Saturday 27 April 2019 on a Solidarity Gathering in London from 10.00 am (At Old Yard, Opposite Westminster Palace) and after that leaving around 12.30 pm to Peace Walk to attend the Multi faith Vigil at West London Mission Church (Nearest Tube Station Bond Street on Central line) for prayers around 2.00 pm and finally around 3.30 pm again peace walk to Sri Lanka High Commission. Please note this is a Solidarity Gathering, Peace Walk and Multi faith Vigil to mark the remembrance of the victims of the brutal terror attacks on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka
The event has been co-organised alongside SLMDI UK, Churches Together in Britain & Ireland and British Methodist Conference
27 April 2019, 10am-3.30pm, from Westminter to The West London Mission/Sri Lanka High Commission
COSMOS UK also visited the Sri Lanka High Commission in London to sign the Book of Condolences, on Behalf of Sri Lankan Muslims living in UK, and offered condolences and sympathies to all affected Sri Lankan and foreign nationals on the Easter Sunday horrible attacks
Muslim Aid , Islamic Relief and Islamic Relief Worldwide signed a joint letter with Cafod and Christian Aid and published in the The Daily Telegraph on 24th April
https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/36979
Bolton Council of Mosques alongside Bolton Faith Leaders forum and Bolton Christian, Hindu and other interfaith groups issued a joint statement and came together at in the wonderful surroundings of @StPeterBolton Bolton Parish Church, remembering those who perished, those who were injured and all affected by the Sri Lankan Bombings.
A vigil was held at the diocese of Leicester at Leicester Cathedral on Thursday 25 April at 5.30pm joined by members of Leicester Muslim communities.
An attack on any place of worship is an attack on us all Please attend and encourage others to do so
Leicester Cathedral; 2 Peacock Lane LE1 5FQ
(Image: Will Johnston Photography, Leicester Mercury)
A time to pray and remember all who were killed and injured, all waiting for news or sitting by the bedside of a loved one. #PrayForSriLanka
(Image: Manchester Evening News)
A week after the horrific attacks that took place in #SriLanka, members of Cheadle Mosque came together with their Christian friends to share their grief and offer solidarity. Faith communities stand together in mutual respect and harmony, such hatred will never divide us. #faith pic.twitter.com/bHD0bAQ0kN
— Cheadle Mosque (@cheadle_mosque) April 29, 2019
Senior staff, teachers and students from the Bahu Trust and the Birmingham Quran Academy visted our local churches with flowers & messages of sympathy, unity and solidarity
We have a special bond and friendship with our neighbourly church friends which will continue to flourish pic.twitter.com/FPc03Wb0I0
— Bahu Trust UK (@bahutrustuk) April 28, 2019
The Southampton Council of Faiths and the Muslim Council have created the vigil which will be held at the Peace Fountain in the city’s East Park .
Friday 26 April, 6pm, East Park
And Southampton Medina Masjid came together the same day to show solidarity.
Worcester
Muslims in Worcester wrote to the Bishop of Worcester expressing their condolences
Thank you @BishopWorcester always a great pleasure working @CofEWorcester.@julianbond12 @ChrisMusForum @MuslimCouncil https://t.co/Z5YckMXEUR
— WORCESTER MOSQUE (@WORCESTERMOSQUE) April 26, 2019
York
York Mosque & Islamic Centre joined a service at York Minster on 24 February and the Imam gave a prayer and message of solidarity with their Christian neighbours.
A vigil for Sri Lanka was held in Bradford City Centre on 23rd April 5pm, to commemorate the victims of the terrorist attacks which killed over 300 people there on Easter Sunday. The vigil, which is open to all, will be held in Centenary Square and led by The Very Reverend Jerry Lepine, Dean of Bradford Cathedral. It will also be attended by Councillor Zafar Ali, the Lord Mayor of Bradford; Believing in Bradford Ambassadors and other faith leaders.
Sri Lanka Muslim Association-UK
Slough Community Leaders and the Srilankan Muslim Association UK had organised a 2 minutes silence and a prayer for the victims of Easter Sunday
Didsbury Mosque are asking for our community to stand outside 1 of the following churches this coming Sunday 28th April 2019.
The churches and times are as follows:
St Cuthberts. Palatine rd, M20 3LH. To arrive for 9.30am.
St Bernadette. Princess rd M20 1HH. To arrive for 9.30am.
St Ambrose. Princess rd 7QA. To arrive for 9.30am.
St Kentigens Wilbraham Rd M14. 7DW. To arrive for 10.30am.
St Bernard. Burnage Lane M19 1DR. To arrive for 9.30am.
St Edwards Thurloe Street M14 5SG. To arrive for 9.30am
St Johns. High lane M21 9EE. To arrive at 11.30.
Holy Name. Oxford Rd M13 9PG. To arrive for 11.30.
This is to offer those Christians the same humanity that was extended to us and to show we stand united and hate cannot divide us.
Please let us know which church you will attending by messaging Sister Jamila on 07464602434.
https://www.facebook.com/events/434179917339713/
Sri Lankan Islamic Forum UK (SLIF UK) statement
When New Zealand suffered that barbaric act in the Masjid and many died and many were injured, we as Muslims were overwhelmed with the amount of support we received from various communties. We saw thousands stand together in solidarity with us against the far right attack. Our mosques, in various parts of the world, saw Christians, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus, etc stand outside mosques offering protection and in solidarity with us as humans. Sri Lanka suffered an appalling attack on Easter Sunday. Churches were attacked while their congregation was in worship, just as those in New Zealand were.
The Anglican/Muslim Forum of Lancashire, which seeks to promote understanding and respect between Muslims and Christians in the county, condemned the atrocity and called for all faiths to unite in rejecting extremism
A vigil was also held on Tuesday 23 April, 6pm, in Flag Market in Preston.
Sri Lankans East of Scotland (SLEOS) vigil
Service for Sri Lanka terrorist attack victims to be held in Dundee.
Friday 26 April, 4pm, Dundee City Square
Birmingham mosque speaks out against Sri Lanka attacks
Officials at a Birmingham mosque have spoken out over the Sri Lanka Easter bombings. Green Lane Mosque & Community Centre (GLMCC) – one of the key organisers of the Eid celebrations that have become the largest in Europe – say they are “saddened and shocked” by the attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, April 21.
London
Multi-faith vigil in Ilford to remember hundreds killed on Easter Sunday
A multi-faith vigil will be held in Ilford town centre tonight to remember the hundreds of people killed in a series of bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
Vine United Reformed Church, Riches Road, Ilford, 25 April, 7pm
This page is being constantly updated. Please contact us to add any events not currently listed.