Statements from diverse faith communities and leaders are starting to pop up on our radar, demonstrating the unified stance of these communities to oppose hate and violence. If you know of other statements being issued by other faith communities, please notify us at socialmedia@interfaithcenter.org.
Sikh Coalition: Ugly scenes in VA show how racism, xenophobia and hate groups feel emboldened in this climate. We urge both parties to condemn this hate.
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, @URJPresident, issued this statement on the white supremacist hate march in #Charlottesville:
Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs On Charlottesville
We Condemn Neo-Nazi Hate Speech and Call For an End to Violence; But Moral Equivalence of Violence and Hate ‘On Many Sides’ Is Troubling
Here’s the US bishops’ response to the violence in Charlottesville
Calls for prayer amid ‘abhorrent’ violence in Charlottesville
Albert Fox Cahn, Legal Director, Council on American Islamic Relations, NY
“Fighting hate matters, but the way we fight it matters even more. The war of ideas can’t be won through bloodshed; this madness must stop.”
