Items of interest

with contributions from George W. Bush, Jack Minch

"The Terrorists Have Offered Us a stark view of the world they would create, where the remedy to every human grievance and injustice is a resort to the random and cowardly violence of revenge—even against the most innocent. [With the results of their acts] the terrorists must feel victorious.

"But we can deny them their victory by refusing to submit to a world created in their image. Terrorism inflicts not only death and destruction but also emotional oppression to further its aims. We must not allow this terror to drive us away from being the people God has called us to be. We assert the vision of community, tolerance, compassion, justice, and the sacredness of human life, which lies at the heart of all our religious traditions.... It is especially important that our citizens who share national origins, ethnicity, or religion with whoever attacked us are, themselves, protected among us."

"Deny Them Their Victory: A Religious Response to Terrorism" Interfaith statement from the National Council of Churches www.ncccusa.org/news/interfaithstatement.html

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