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Dozens of imams have commemorated the Holocaust at a monument near Paris.
Monday's event took place at Drancy, a suburb of the French capital where tens of thousands of Jews were confined in 1942 before being transported to extermination camps during the German Nazi occupation. The French paper Le Figaro called the event unprecedented.
France's interior minister, Manuel Valls, who also attended the cermony, said the imams' presence there made for "a very strong image that speaks better than words and speeches," according to the website of the French television station TF1. He added: "The world needs peace and harmony, people who engage in dialogue and listen."