Religious Group to Condemn Abuse in TV Ad

[struggle4progress]

Religious leaders will condemn the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers in a new television commercial set to begin running on Arab networks next Tuesday.

The ad, in English with Arabic subtitles, is sponsored by FaithfulAmerica.org, which bills itself as ``an online wing of a powerful new progressive faith movement.''
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``We stand in solidarity with all those in Iraq and everywhere who demand justice and human dignity. We condemn the sinful and systemic abuses committed in our name, and pledge to work to right these wrongs,'' the ad says.

The 30-second commercial is a compilation of phrases spoken by several people: the Rev. Don Shriver, president of the Union Theological Seminary in New York; Imam Feisal Abdur Rauf, president of the American Sufi Muslim Association; Sister Betty Obal, a nun with the Sisters of Loretto; and Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia.

The ad will air on the Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya networks in a modest $20,000 buy. How long it runs depends on how much money the group raises.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4191495,00.html

[Tellurian]

1. Where were they a year ago when Bush declared War in Iraq?

What did they think was going to happen?

Don't tell me they fell for the "lauded with rose petals liberators schtick?" ALL a bunch of hypocritical Nazis in clergy clothing.

[struggle4progress]

2. You could be right. Then again maybe you're wrong.

I don't know what these folks were up to during the invasion.

Personally, I think a televised apology is pretty weak, compared (say) to providing rehabilitation services to those who were tortured.

Perhaps the real story is that the middle class is shocked but clueless.

[Coventina]

3. Many religious groups and organizations opposed the war

Their voices were ignored by the media, just as a lot of ours were.

[Just Me]

4. Interfaith Alliance was very active in opposing the war.

These folks may be a part of that group (whose membership includes a very broad variety of faiths).

[Journeyman]

7. Where in this article does it say ANY of these people. . .

supported the Iraq Attack in the first place? A cursory Google search would show that many of the names listed here have been long active in the antiwar movement. But educating yourself is too much to expect, right? Far better to spew "Nazi" and prove yourself no better than a Brownshirt than to take a moment and get your facts straight.

I just erased the thought I started to write. . . . I fear your willful ignorance and obvious bigotry makes any effort to educate you a worthless endeavor. Go on. Go spew "Nazi" at people on a streetcorner. It makes you feel good about yourself, evidently, and alerts others to the type of person you truly are.

[Born Free]

5. No person of faith can justify abuse

Regardless of affilation, no person with true faith in a supreme being can justify torture and abuse - these people are doing what is right, every American should support them and hold the people responsible that contributed to it.

[patrice]

6. These guys should take a look at them to see if they financed this

administration's hijacking of the presidency http://www.whtt.org/ .

Project Straight Gate is pretty hard-core, but I like what they contribute to the public discussion.

[Moderator]

8. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x615397