Welcome to Arabs for Israel, and read their terrific statement of principles here.
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: Cancel The Meeting with Ahmadinejad!
WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is urging five religious organizations to cancel a Sept. 25 dinner with Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in conjunction with his visit to the United Nations….
Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and a USCIRF commissioner, is among those scheduled to speak at a rally against the dinner Sept. 25 outside the Grand Hyatt on East 42nd Street starting at 5:30 p.m. The rally, which is to include a number of organizations such as the Jewish Action Alliance and the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, also is meant to protest Ahmadinejad’s presence at the United Nations and to oppose Iran’s nuclear weapons program and threats against Israel.
USCIRF, which recently warned of Iran’s plans to impose the death penalty for people convicted of so-called apostasy, wrote a letter to each of the organizations, stating that the invitation and the platform for Ahmadinejad would be counterproductive to the groups’ peace goals.
“President Ahmadinejad has manipulated such dialogues repeatedly into a platform for spreading hatred,” Felice D. Gaer, USCIRF’s chair, wrote. “He hosted some of the world’s most notorious deniers of the Holocaust, racists and anti-Semites at a 2006 conference questioning the well-established facts of the Holocaust and calling for the destruction of a member-state of the United Nations.
“The only accomplishment of such an invitation would be to burnish the Iranian leader’s legitimacy and cleanse his reputation as a purveyor of hate,” she added in the letters dated Sept. 19…. more
9-22: 37 Groups Join in Coalition for 9-25 Rally
Update as of 9-22, 37 Groups are now working together and contacting their members for the 9-25 Rally, a coalition built literally in the last week in response to public outrage over the invitation sent to Ahmadinejad to meet with religious and political leaders at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on September 25. See the current Participants list here...
Open Doors USA joins the Coalition!
Welcome to Open Doors USA, just now joining the Coalition. Open Doors works worldwide to assist persecuted Christians – visit their website here for many case studies of their good work:
Millions of Christians around the world face daily the possible destruction of their property, their families and their very lives. For over fifty years, Open Doors has pursued a singular purpose: to stand with the persecuted church… building their courage, meeting their needs, sharing their stories and championing their faith….
Assemblyman Rory Lancman joins the Coalition!
Welcome Assemblyman Rory Lancman, latest member of the Coalition to oppose the meeting between Ahmadinejad and religious and political leaders. Visit the Assemblyman’s website here!
