Senior figures in the United Reformed Church (URC) have expressed solidarity with minority communities feeling vulnerable in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris and the aftermath. They issued a statement of 'interfaith solidarity' last week affirming the important contribution to national life made by members of the Jewish and Muslim faiths in the United Kingdom. The statement said: ’Amid reports of security concerns in some of our Jewish and Muslim communities in Britain, the United Reformed Church is keen to emphasise our high regard for both of these faith groups. We also place on record our wish to work for community cohesion and well-being in places where Christians and adherents of other faiths live side-by-side, and we rejoice in the positive and practical ways in which many of our neighbours reciprocate this concern. As a people of faith, we honour the integrity of other faith communities in this island.’