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Video People Voices Sport Tech Life Property Arts + Ents Travel Money IndyBest Student Offers Bethnal Green girls Abortion The death of sex George Osborne Greece Michael Gove News >World >Europe Muslims to form peace ring around Oslo synagogue following Copenhagen attacks Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein killed two people in twin attacks last week at an event promoting free speech and a synagogue James Dunn Saturday 21 February 2015 Print Your friend's email address Your email address Note: We do not store your email address(es) but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature. Please read our Legal Terms & Policies A A A Email Thousands of Muslims are expected to form a human ring around Oslo s synagogue today in a show of solidarity with Jews - a week after an Islamic gunman attacked a synagogue in neighbouring Denmark. Organisers expect more than 2,000 people to surround the synagogue in a peace ring , intended to show brotherhood with the Jewish community in times of increasing tension between the two religions. It comes a week after Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, a Danish-born son of Palestinian immigrants, killed two people at a synagogue and an event promoting free speech in Copenhagen last weekend. He was eventually killed by police in a shootout. The symbolism will be all the more poignant after the 2011 massacre in which nationalist Anders Breivik killed 77 people, then slammed the then Labour Government for facilitating Muslim immigration and adulterating Norwegian blood during his trial. Shooting at Copenhagen blasphemy event The issue of anti-Semitism in Europe came back under the spotlight when four men were killed in a Jewish supermarket in Paris in January. This closely followed the attack on political satire magazine Charlie Hebdo in which 12 staff were killed by Jihadists, raised and radicalised in France. But today s show of support, to take place after the Jewish Shabbat - Sabbath - service this evening, seeks to counter claims of rising anti-Semitism among Muslims, with organisers saying that Islam seeks to protect all people, regardless of faith or religion". More than 2,200 people have already signed up to attend on a facebook group called Fredens Ring. Fredens is a Danish word which translates as peace . On the page, organisers say: Islam is to protect our brothers and sisters, independently of what religion they belong to. Islam is to rise above hatred and never sink down to the same level as the haters. Islam is to protect each other.