Islamic Council of Vic slams Paris attacks

The Paris terror attacks are an affront to Western freedoms and must not derail Australia's way of life, the Islamic Council of Victoria says.

Secretary Seyfi Seyit said the Islamic Council was quick to condemn the attacks as the news broke in Australia on Saturday.

"I think this is a shocking tragedy and there is nobody in the world that would not be disturbed by this terrible incident," Mr Seyit told 3AW on Monday.

"The reason that we were so concerned is not because there were more terrorist attacks in Beirut and Iraq and other places as well, but this one targeted people going about their normal activities on a Friday night, enjoying themselves, and it really did underpin that this organisation is hell-bent on disrupting our way of life."

Mr Seyit called on Australians to stick together "and not single out any particular group, particularly the Muslim community, which works so hard to tackle these problems that we have been facing in the past few years".