Pupils at Nottingham's only Muslim school made banners condemning terrorist activities on the anniversary of the London bombings.
Around 120 youngsters at the Islamia School in Hyson Green held up the posters while observing yesterday's two-minute silence.
They banners read 'Muslims against terrorists', 'Murderers are not martyrs' and 'Islam means peace'.
The pupils also prayed for the victims of the 7/7 atrocities and sang a nasheed, or Islamic hymn.
Deputy head Sajidah Munir said: "We talked to pupils about how upset and aggrieved everyone was about the bombings.
"We also talked about how some people have this perception that Muslims are terrorists and what we can do about it."
He added: "The children said they would like to make their feelings known by creating their own posters.
"We made a prayer for people who passed away and for people who lost loved ones.
"The majority of Muslims in this country were born here. We feel for people in this country."
Eleven-year-old pupil Aqdas Aslam, from Radford, said: "I felt very sad and upset that people could have done this evil thing.
"The terrorists have hurt and killed many people in my country. It was a crime against humanity."
Meanwhile, three Muslim men from the city travelled to London to attend the tributes in the capital wearing matching T-shirts bearing the slogan 'Beat terrorism'.
They stopped to speak to some of those laying flowers and giving out wrist bands bearing the date of last year's atrocities.
Suhail Butt, an IT worker originally from Nottingham and now living in Manchester, said what they were doing was raising awareness.
He said that whilst they had had some "funny looks" while travelling on the Tube, he and his friends, Kaisar Altaf and Zahid Iqbal, both from Nottingham, thought it was important to show their solidarity with those remembering the attacks.
The trio said that the visit was a repeat of the one they made to the capital two months after the attacks and that they had so far raised £1,500 for the Red Cross and Unicef.
The anniversary of the July 7 bombings, which killed 52 people in the capital, was marked by a two-minute silence at noon.
Adrian Johnson, 37, from Sutton-in-Ashfield, and Stan Brewster, 52, from Swanwick, in Derbyshire, were among the victims of the four blasts.
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Around 120 youngsters at the Islamia School in Hyson Green held up the posters while observing yesterday's two-minute silence.
They banners read 'Muslims against terrorists', 'Murderers are not martyrs' and 'Islam means peace'.
The pupils also prayed for the victims of the 7/7 atrocities and sang a nasheed, or Islamic hymn.
Deputy head Sajidah Munir said: "We talked to pupils about how upset and aggrieved everyone was about the bombings.
"We also talked about how some people have this perception that Muslims are terrorists and what we can do about it."
He added: "The children said they would like to make their feelings known by creating their own posters.
"We made a prayer for people who passed away and for people who lost loved ones.
"The majority of Muslims in this country were born here. We feel for people in this country."
Eleven-year-old pupil Aqdas Aslam, from Radford, said: "I felt very sad and upset that people could have done this evil thing.
"The terrorists have hurt and killed many people in my country. It was a crime against humanity."
Meanwhile, three Muslim men from the city travelled to London to attend the tributes in the capital wearing matching T-shirts bearing the slogan 'Beat terrorism'.
They stopped to speak to some of those laying flowers and giving out wrist bands bearing the date of last year's atrocities.
Suhail Butt, an IT worker originally from Nottingham and now living in Manchester, said what they were doing was raising awareness.
He said that whilst they had had some "funny looks" while travelling on the Tube, he and his friends, Kaisar Altaf and Zahid Iqbal, both from Nottingham, thought it was important to show their solidarity with those remembering the attacks.
The trio said that the visit was a repeat of the one they made to the capital two months after the attacks and that they had so far raised £1,500 for the Red Cross and Unicef.
The anniversary of the July 7 bombings, which killed 52 people in the capital, was marked by a two-minute silence at noon.
Adrian Johnson, 37, from Sutton-in-Ashfield, and Stan Brewster, 52, from Swanwick, in Derbyshire, were among the victims of the four blasts.
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