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| Late Fr Jacques Hamel |
Muslims have refused to bury one of the terrorists who murdered a Catholic priest as he celebrated Mass.
Community leaders in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray said they did not want to "taint" Islam by having any association with Adel Kermiche, the 19-year-old jihadist who killed Fr Jacques Hamel in his hometown in northern France.
Mohammed Karabila, president of the local Muslim cultural association and imam of one of the town's mosques, told Le Parisien: "We're not going to taint Islam with this person.
"We won't participate in preparing the body or the burial."
Muslims in the town were supportive of the decision, however the mayor's office will have the final say on whether Kermiche can be buried in the town.
Kermiche and Abdel-Malik Petitjean, also 19, stormed into the 17th-century stone church on 26 July, taking hostages before killing the priest and seriously wounding another captive.
They were shot dead by police as they exited the building using nuns as human shields.
Mohammed Karabila, president of the local Muslim cultural association and imam of one of the town's mosques, told Le Parisien: "We're not going to taint Islam with this person.
"We won't participate in preparing the body or the burial."
Muslims in the town were supportive of the decision, however the mayor's office will have the final say on whether Kermiche can be buried in the town.
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| Adel Kermiche |
They were shot dead by police as they exited the building using nuns as human shields.
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| Adel Kermiche (L) and Abdelmalik Petitjean (R) pledged allegiance to Islamic State |
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