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A UNIVERSITY Muslim society have handed out free flowers to honour victims of the Paris terror attacks .

The Muslim Message Society from Dundee University took to the streets of the city giving away red roses with messages of love attached.

The group posted a message alongside pictures of their mission on Facebook – and it has received more than 1600 likes.

The post read: “In light of the recent tragic events that we have recently witnessed all over the world, we took to the city centre in Dundee to show our respect for the lives lost, and to honour the victims of those horrific attacks.

“As well as remembering the innocent souls tragically taken from this world, the Muslim Message Society wanted to show the true message of Islam.

“We handed out free flowers to people passing by with a message of love and humanity attached. This is true Islam.”

The group were praised for their efforts by wellwishers on social media. Scott Campbell said: “That was a beautiful thing you guys did. Makes me proud to be a Dundonian. Peace and love to all of you.”

Barbarella King added: “We had a brief chat and received a flower from your group. “Everywhere we went people asked about it and we had lovely warm comments about the sentiment.”

And Dawn Bastianelli wrote: “Much respect, guys. We all have to stand together against terrorism.”

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