The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has described both the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby and recent attacks on Muslims as “evil acts” by those who seek to “spread hate and cause division”.<\/p>\n
“The attacks on minority ethnic groups across the country that there have been over the last few weeks are inexecusable, unacceptable and a scandal to a tradition of hospitality in this country of which we should be deeply proud and which has contributed far more to us than it has taken from us,” he told an inter-faith audience gathered at Featherstone High School in Southall, west London.<\/p>\n
He added: “I want, as I have already done, to acknowledge the pressure that our Muslim friends and colleagues have faced over the last few weeks. There have been terrible attacks, I know that the vast majority of those in this country and especially people of faith would join me in condemning utterly any act of violence against anyone because of their faith.<\/p>\n