By Fern Sidman
Despite the pouring rain, over 300 concerned citizens, representing a diverse group of political, religious, ethnic, and racial groups, convened in New York City’s Times Square on Sunday, May 3, to attend a rally sponsored by the Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam. The HRCARI is a grassroots global action movement dedicated to educating people of all backgrounds to the inherent dangers of the burgeoning radical Islamic movement and mobilizing them to support freedom, democracy, and tolerance.
Among the multitude of organizations represented at the rally were the Jewish Action Alliance, the Hindu Human Rights Watch, ACT for America, Muslims Against Sharia, the Alliance of Iranian Women, the Indian American Intellectuals Forum, the 9/11 Families for a Secure America, the Chinese Community Relations Council, the Namdhari Sikh Foundation, the American Coptic Union, AMCHA–Coalition for Jewish Concerns, and Americans for Peace and Tolerance.
“We must stand up to the evil that radical Islam represents,” declared Pastor Gerald Bell, a Southern Baptist minister who had traveled to the Sudan to rescue African slaves from their Muslim captors. “The barbarism that I personally witnessed was simply indescribable, and I tell you that amongst radical Islamists nobody is safe. Their agenda is to enslave, rape, kidnap, and murder Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, and anyone who does not subscribe to their baneful credo.” Read more ...
Despite the pouring rain, over 300 concerned citizens, representing a diverse group of political, religious, ethnic, and racial groups, convened in New York City’s Times Square on Sunday, May 3, to attend a rally sponsored by the Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam. The HRCARI is a grassroots global action movement dedicated to educating people of all backgrounds to the inherent dangers of the burgeoning radical Islamic movement and mobilizing them to support freedom, democracy, and tolerance.
Among the multitude of organizations represented at the rally were the Jewish Action Alliance, the Hindu Human Rights Watch, ACT for America, Muslims Against Sharia, the Alliance of Iranian Women, the Indian American Intellectuals Forum, the 9/11 Families for a Secure America, the Chinese Community Relations Council, the Namdhari Sikh Foundation, the American Coptic Union, AMCHA–Coalition for Jewish Concerns, and Americans for Peace and Tolerance.
“We must stand up to the evil that radical Islam represents,” declared Pastor Gerald Bell, a Southern Baptist minister who had traveled to the Sudan to rescue African slaves from their Muslim captors. “The barbarism that I personally witnessed was simply indescribable, and I tell you that amongst radical Islamists nobody is safe. Their agenda is to enslave, rape, kidnap, and murder Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, and anyone who does not subscribe to their baneful credo.” Read more ...
Source: 5 Towns Jewish Times
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