Two years ago, Russell Eisen moved into a flat in a converted synagogue in Stepney.

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Back in London in 1968, he was appointed Bishop of Stepney and then Archbishop of the Indian Ocean.

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The chairman of Stepney Housing and Development Association, Ken Bartlett, criticises the lack of powers for the public sector to assemble land.

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The Archbishop toured the mosque with Bishop of Rochester, the Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali, and Bishop of Stepney, the Right Reverend John Sentamu.

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In London, Mohammed Abdel Barri(ph) of the East London Mosque stood side-by-side with the bishop of Stepney, Stephen Oliver, in an expression of community solidarity.

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Bishop STEPHEN OLIVER (Stepney): Whoever caused this atrocity, we are determined that the reaction to that will not be one which divides our communities but what--which brings us actually closer together because we share a common life.

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