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The violence erupted after an audio clip of a man insulting the Prophet Muhammad circulated on social media and angered Sunni Muslims.

Speaking in the House of Lords, Labour's Baroness Hazarika offered an apology on behalf of the Muslim community for the "sickening, despicable, wicked acts" of child grooming gangs.

Police officials say the campaign has helped keep the city safe, but it has drawn concern from civil libertarians and Muslim groups.

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the Church to this day.

Hundreds of Christians, but also some Muslims, uprooted by Israeli bombardment, now reside on church grounds or in the surrounding environs.