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Do not fill this in! == International reactions == {{Main|Reactions to the November 2015 Paris attacks}}<!--Per talk page discussions, do not add lists of reactions nor messages of condolence--> [[File:Je suis Paris Luxembourg-ville 2015 large.jpg|thumb|Flower tributes outside the French Embassy in [[Luxembourg City]]]] Many heads of state and heads of government, as well as the United Nations, offered messages of condolence and solidarity in the wake of the attacks.<ref>{{plainlist|* {{cite web|title=Turnbull condemns 'brutal' terror attacks|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-14/turnbull-condemns-brutal-terror-attacks/6941074|website=ABC News|date=14 November 2015|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114091643/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-14/turnbull-condemns-brutal-terror-attacks/6941074|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_15B/Nov14_1447475353CH.php|title=Sri Lankan leaders offer 'prayers and thoughts' over Paris attacks|work=ColomboPage|date=14 November 2015|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114213559/http://www.colombopage.com/archive_15B/Nov14_1447475353CH.php|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=dead}} * {{cite web|title=France : l'ONU condamne les attaques terroristes à Paris|url=https://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=36074&Cr=terrorisme&Cr1=#.VkaDl-KxWwg|website=Centre d'actualités de l'ONU|date=13 November 2015|access-date=14 November 2015|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114051644/http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=36074&Cr=terrorisme&Cr1=#.VkaDl-KxWwg|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}} * {{cite news|first=Kashmira|last=Gander|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-attacks-david-cameron-shocked-by-violence-in-french-capital-a6734276.html|title=Paris attacks: David Cameron 'shocked' after over 100 killed in French capital|work=The Independent|date=14 November 2015|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114231829/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-attacks-david-cameron-shocked-by-violence-in-french-capital-a6734276.html|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}} * {{cite news|title=Paris attacks: Justin Trudeau says terrorist attacks 'deeply worrying'|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-paris-attacks-1.3318791|website=CBCNews|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114033856/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-paris-attacks-1.3318791|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|title=Paris attacks: China's President Xi Jinping says he's willing to join France in combating terrorism|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/paris-attacks-chinas-president-xi-jinping-says-hes-willing-to-join-france-in-combating|website=The Straits Times|date=14 November 2015|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115101915/http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/paris-attacks-chinas-president-xi-jinping-says-hes-willing-to-join-france-in-combating|archive-date=15 November 2015|url-status=live}} * {{cite news|title=Chinese premier strongly condemns Paris terror attacks|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-11/14/c_134815622.htm|agency=Xinhua News Agency|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117064727/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-11/14/c_134815622.htm|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead}} * {{cite tweet|author=Narendra Modi|user=narendramodi|number=665303824509210626|date=13 November 2015|title=News from Paris is anguishing & dreadful. Prayers with families of the deceased. We are united with people of France in this tragic hour.}} * {{cite web|title=World Leaders Express Shock, Sadness at Paris Attacks|date=14 November 2015 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/paris-terror-attacks/world-leaders-express-shock-paris-attacks-n463286|publisher=NBC News|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114013251/http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/paris-terror-attacks/world-leaders-express-shock-paris-attacks-n463286|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}} * {{cite news|last1=Sabillo|first1=Kristine Angeli|title=Aquino: 'We stand with France now'|url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/131000/aquino-we-stand-with-france-now|access-date=14 November 2015|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114161429/http://globalnation.inquirer.net/131000/aquino-we-stand-with-france-now|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|title=Russia condemns 'hateful' attacks in Paris, ready to help investigation|url=https://news.yahoo.com/russia-condemns-hateful-attacks-paris-ready-help-investigation-000231111.html|work=Yahoo News|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114185505/http://news.yahoo.com/russia-condemns-hateful-attacks-paris-ready-help-investigation-000231111.html|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|last1=Ndonga|first1=Simon|title=Uhuru says Kenya stands with Paris in extremism war|url=http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2015/11/uhuru-says-kenya-stands-with-paris-in-extremism-war/|website=Capital FM News|date=14 November 2015 |publisher=Capital FM Kenya|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115232503/http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2015/11/uhuru-says-kenya-stands-with-paris-in-extremism-war/|archive-date=15 November 2015|url-status=live}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34827951|title=Wales joins minute's silence for victims|publisher=BBC News|date=16 November 2015|access-date=16 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117002636/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34827951|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/228816/paris-attacks-minutes-silence-in-uk-to-mark-friday-nights-acts-of-terror|title=Minute's silence in UK to remember the 132 victims|publisher=City AM|date=16 November 2015|access-date=16 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117002702/http://www.cityam.com/228816/paris-attacks-minutes-silence-in-uk-to-mark-friday-nights-acts-of-terror|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] has passed a bill that made it more difficult for Syrian and [[Refugees of Iraq|Iraqi refugees]] to enter the United States.<ref>"[https://news.yahoo.com/us-house-passes-bill-suspending-syria-refugee-program-190747570.html US House votes to suspend Syria refugee program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116031904/https://news.yahoo.com/us-house-passes-bill-suspending-syria-refugee-program-190747570.html |date=16 November 2018 }}". Yahoo News. 19 November 2015.</ref> At least 31 governors of [[U.S. state]]s declared they would refuse to accept [[Refugees of the Syrian Civil War|Syrian refugees]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/16/world/paris-attacks-syrian-refugees-backlash/|title=More than half the nation's governors say Syrian refugees not welcome|publisher=CNN|date=19 November 2015|access-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117004429/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/16/world/paris-attacks-syrian-refugees-backlash/|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> === Muslim officials === {{Main|Reactions to the November 2015 Paris attacks#Responses from Muslim groups}} Muslim heads of state, scholars, [[imam]]s, leaders and groups condemned the attacks, many before ISIL claimed responsibility.<ref name="independent1">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/paris-terror-muslim-leaders-around-the-world-condemn-heinous-attacks-a6734711.html|title=Paris terror: Muslim leaders around the world condemn 'heinous' attacks|author=Rose Troup Buchanan|date=14 November 2015|work=The Independent|access-date=13 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193126/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/paris-terror-muslim-leaders-around-the-world-condemn-heinous-attacks-a6734711.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> These included the imam who heads the university of [[Al-Azhar]] in Egypt; the Supreme council of Religious Scholars in Saudi Arabia;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/11/14/Arab-states-denounce-Paris-attacks-as-violation-of-human-values-.html|title=Arab states condemn 'terrorist' Paris attacks|publisher=Al Arabiya|date=14 November 2015|access-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117052415/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/11/14/Arab-states-denounce-Paris-attacks-as-violation-of-human-values-.html|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Iranian president [[Hassan Rouhani]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Paris attacks 'crimes against humanity': Iran president|url=https://news.yahoo.com/paris-attacks-crimes-against-humanity-iran-president-184138669.html|publisher=Yahoo! News|date=14 November 2015|access-date=15 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217113747/http://news.yahoo.com/paris-attacks-crimes-against-humanity-iran-president-184138669.html|archive-date=17 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Ahmadiyya]] caliph [[Mirza Masroor Ahmad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khalifaofislam.com/press-releases/head-of-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-condemns-paris-attacks-and-prays-for-victims/|title=Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemns Paris attacks and prays for victims|work=Khalifa of Islam|date=14 November 2015 |access-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015249/http://www.khalifaofislam.com/press-releases/head-of-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-condemns-paris-attacks-and-prays-for-victims/|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Syrian president [[Bashar al-Assad]] condemned the attacks, but added that France's support for [[Belligerents in the Syrian Civil War|Syrian rebel groups]] had contributed to the spread of terrorism.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-11/14/c_134816391.htm|title=France suffers from savage terror as Syrian people have been: Assad|date=14 November 2015|agency=Xinhua News Agency|access-date=16 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117002035/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-11/14/c_134816391.htm|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> France had been a particularly vocal opponent of Assad during the [[Syrian civil war]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/assad-says-paris-attacks-result-from-frances-aiding-rebels-in-syria/2015/11/14/287f7576-8adc-11e5-bd91-d385b244482f_story.html|title=Syria's President Assad says Paris attacks result from France's aiding of rebels|author=Hugh Naylor|date=14 November 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=16 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107070116/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/assad-says-paris-attacks-result-from-frances-aiding-rebels-in-syria/2015/11/14/287f7576-8adc-11e5-bd91-d385b244482f_story.html|archive-date=7 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ahrar ash-Sham]] and [[Jaysh al-Islam]], the major mainstream Islamist rebels against the Syrian regime, both condemned the attacks.<ref name="middleeasteye1">{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/al-nusra-front-back-attacks-paris-despite-opposition-islamic-state-976490550|title=Syria's Nusra Front backs Paris attacks, despite opposition to Islamic State|work=Middle East Eye|access-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117072955/http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/al-nusra-front-back-attacks-paris-despite-opposition-islamic-state-976490550|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah]], the leader of [[Hezbollah]], condemned the attacks, and expressed his solidarity with the French people.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hezbollah chief denounces Paris attacks|url=https://news.yahoo.com/hezbollah-chief-lebanon-denounces-paris-attacks-184742949.html|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=14 November 2015|access-date=15 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319005742/http://news.yahoo.com/hezbollah-chief-lebanon-denounces-paris-attacks-184742949.html|archive-date=19 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Other militant groups also condemned the attacks, including [[Hamas]] and [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/hamas-hezbollah-islamic-jihad-denounce-paris-attacks/a-18850966|title=Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad denounce Paris attacks|work=DW.COM|access-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117060454/http://www.dw.com/en/hamas-hezbollah-islamic-jihad-denounce-paris-attacks/a-18850966|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[al-Nusra Front]], the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, praised the attacks, saying that even though they viewed ISIL as "dogs of [[Jahannam|hellfire]]", they applauded when "[[Kafir|infidels]]" get attacked by ISIL.<ref name="middleeasteye1"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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