By Rumeana Jahangir

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Safoora, who lives in Crumpsall, said: “I believe in tolerance. Although we belong to different nations, different religions, here in England, humanity is top of the list.”

She said the synagogue attack “disturbed everyone”, adding: “These kind of attacks have happened in the past and different people react in different ways.”

Describing her Jewish neighbours as “well-mannered”, Safoora said she had not had “many one-to-one interactions” with them.

Mohammed Baz, manager of the local shopping complex Manchester Plaza, said: “The Jewish community in certain areas are quite close and quite tight and there can be Asians like that – I think that’s not a negative.

“People feel comfortable in their environment – that’s all well and good. The main factor is that we don’t have friction. We all work here, we shop here.”

He acknowledged that tensions surrounding the conflict in Gaza had been “challenging”.

“That’s going to have an impact on everybody’s feelings towards what’s happening there,” explained Mr Baz.

“But that doesn’t mean that people should go out and do anything bad.”