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Religious communities demand accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other violations of law and abuses of power
By Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace
Released 05 May 2008
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace joins in the rising tide of condemnation and demands that members of the United States government be held accountable for War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and other crimes under international, federal and state law, particularly in planning, providing purported legal justification for, and using torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment in Abu Ghraib, Bahrain, Guantanamo Bay and secret CIA prisons around the world.
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FROM CONQUEST TO COMMUNITY, FROM VIOLENCE TO REVERENCE: AN INTERFAITH FAST TO END THE WAR IN IRAQ
By The Shalom Center, www.interfaithfast.org/
Released 06 September 2007
INTERFAITH FAST TO END THE WAR IN IRAQ: October 8. FROM CONQUEST TO COMMUNITY, FROM VIOLENCE TO REVERENCE
Dear Friends,
Since a few days after the Virginia Tech mass murders, The Shalom Center has been working with others in the religious community toward a broadly multi-religious Call for a nationwide fast day on October 8 to help Americans move away from the policies and practices of violence, at home and overseas. This work crystallized in two approaches – one focused on ending the war in Iraq, the other on challenging the entire culture of violence that is honeycombing our society. The laser-beam focus on the war was preferred and adopted by a number of major leaders and institutions of American religious life, and is going out to many others as well.
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Please read more to join the Fast here
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