Muslims in France have refused to bury a jihadist who killed a priest in Normandy earlier this month.

Adel Kermiche, 19, was one of two men who entered a church in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray and held a group hostage before slitting the throat of Father Jacques Hamel and seriously wounding another captive.

Community leaders in the town said they do not want to ‘taint’ Islam by having any association with Kermiche.

Speaking to Le Parisien, Mohammed Karabila, president of the local Muslim cultural association and imam of one of the local mosques, said: ‘We’re not going to taint Islam with this person.

The 84-year-old Jacques Hamel died on July 26, 2016 after his throat was slit after two attackers stormed the church during a morning mass, taking the five people inside hostage, including the priest, interior ministry spokesman said.

‘We won’t participate in preparing the body or the burial.’   »»» Metro News (UK)

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