BishopSTEPHEN 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.
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.
The Rt Rev Stephen Lowe, the Church's Bishop for Urban Life and Faith, said he feared Britain would simply return to a "financial system based on indebtedness" after the current crisis.