Pastor Durley & Rabbi Kreamer Read Very Powerful Joint Statement Against Anti-Muslim Bigotry & Hate

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Dr. Gerald L. Durley is the Pastor of Providence Missionary Baptist Church & Prof. Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer is the Chair of the Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.

As religious leaders in this great country, we have come together in our nation’s capital to denounce categorically the derision, misinformation and outright bigotry being directed against America’s Muslim community. We bear a sacred responsibility to honor America’s varied faith traditions and to promote a culture of mutual respect and the assurance of religious freedom for all. In advance of the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, we announce a new era of interfaith cooperation.


We are profoundly distressed and deeply saddened by the incidents of violence committed against Muslims in our community, and by the desecration of Islamic houses of worship. We stand by the principle that to attack any religion in the United States is to do violence to the religious freedom of all Americans. The threatened burning of copies of the Holy Qu’ran this Saturday is a particularly egregious offense that demands the strongest possible condemnation by all who value civility in public life and seek to honor the sacred memory of those who lost their lives on September 11. As religious leaders, we are appalled by such disrespect for a sacred text that for centuries has shaped many of the great cultures of our world, and that continues to give spiritual comfort to more than a billion Muslims today.

We are convinced that spiritual leaders representing the various faiths in the United States have a moral responsibility to stand together and to denounce categorically derision, misinformation or outright bigotry directed against any religious group in this country. Silence is not an option. Only by taking this stand, can spiritual leaders fulfill the highest calling of our respective faiths, and thereby help to create a safer and stronger America for all of our people.

Transcript of the full Joint statement here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x502867

[OhioChick]

1. K&R n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Thank you for posting this series today, Turborama

K/R

[lumpy]

3. Very important that these people speak out against bigotry.

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[roguevalley]

4. I would hope when people discuss religion here, they remember this is

what it is. the others? Satanic poseurs.