British Muslims have been urged to react with restraint to the publication in Charlie Hebdo magazine of a new cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
A letter signed by dozens of Muslim leaders said they understood most Muslims would be hurt and offended.
But they said patience and tolerance was the best response.
The imams' letter, released through the Muslim Council of Britain, said: "With dignified nobility we must be restrained."
'Gentle and merciful'It added: "Most Muslims will inevitably be hurt, offended and upset by the republication of the cartoons.
"But our reaction must be a reflection of the teachings of the gentle and merciful character of the Prophet.
"Enduring patience, tolerance, gentleness and mercy, as was the character of our beloved Prophet, is the best and immediate way to respond."
The new edition of the French satirical magazine has gone on sale, a week after gunmen murdered eight journalists and four others at its offices in Paris.
The cartoon on the magazine's cover depicts the Prophet weeping while holding a sign saying "Je suis Charlie" ("I am Charlie").
The slogan "Je suis Charlie" has been widely used following the shootings. It is believed earlier cartoons depicting the Prophet prompted the attack.
In a separate attack in Paris two days later, four Jewish men died after an Islamist gunman took hostages at a kosher shop.
A policewoman was murdered in a third shooting believed to have been carried out by the same attacker.
Six languagesWednesday's edition of Charlie Hebdo has an unprecedented print run of three million copies. Normally only 60,000 are sold each week.
The issue will be available in six languages - including English, Arabic and Turkish - some in print and some online.
The three days of violence in Paris began after brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi attacked the magazine's office.
The brothers were later killed by French security services after a stand-off in a town north of Paris.
Separately, Amedy Coulibaly - who investigators have linked to the brothers - killed the four men at the kosher supermarket on Friday, apparently before police stormed the building.
Coulibaly is also believed to have shot dead the policewoman the day before.
His partner Hayat Boumeddiene is now thought to be in Syria. She has been identified as a suspect by French police, although she left France before the attacks.
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