A Former Terrorist, a Muslim Darfur Leader, an Escaped Jihad Slave, Victims of Terror from India, U.S. and Israel to Address Mass Human Rights Rally |
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By: Alliance for Interfaith Resistance/HRCARI Posted: 2009-05-03 06:45:24 |
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A former member of the Jemaah Islamiya terror group, Tawfik Hamid, will join Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Jewish and other Muslim leaders to call for the defeat of radical Islam and heighten awareness about the danger radical Islam poses to human rights across the globe.
Speakers will also include Simon Deng, a freed Sudanese slave; Mohamed Yahya, leader of Muslim Darfur group Damanga; author and women's rights advocate Dr. Phyllis Chesler; anti-slavery activist Pastor Gerald Bell; Charles Jacobs of American for Peace and Tolerance; Rajinder Singh Khalsa and Bhupinder Singh Bhurji representing the Sikh community; Beth Gilinsky of Alliance for Interfaith Resistance; Hindu Human rights leader Arish Sahani; women's rights activist Joy Brighton, and others. The "Rally for Human Rights and Freedom," sponsored by the Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam (HRCARI) and other organizations (see below), will feature a ceremony to honor the U.S. Military, Homeland Security, police, firefighters, emergency workers and others who have defended the United States from terror. Peter Gadiel of the 9/11 Families, who lost his son on of the 9/11 will be present, as will a retired NYC police officer who lost his son-in-law on 9/11. The event will kick-off event a new grassroots global action network taking on the fight against radical Islamism. HRCARI believes that radical Islam is a worldwide threat against commonly accepted human rights and the most urgent topic of our generation. Rally sponsors include: 9/11 Families for a Secure America ACT for America, Long Island and Manhattan Aish Center American Coptic Union Americans for a Safe Israel Alliance for Interfaith Resistance Alliance of Iranian Women AMCHA-Coalition for Jewish Concerns American Center for Democracy Americans for Peace & Tolerance Arabs for Israel Artists4Israel Atlas Shrugs Chinese Community Relations Council Coalition for Israel Damanga (Darfur Muslim organization) The David Project Fordham University School of Law's National Security and Law Society Foundation Nepalese Gathering of Eagles-NY Global Movement Against Radical Islam Hasbara Fellowships Hindu Human Rights Watch Indian American Intellectuals Forum International Foundation of Bangladeshi Hindus Iraq the Model Israpundit Jewish Action Alliance Mothers Against Terrorism Muslims Against Sharia Namdhari Sikh Foundation Responsible for Equality and Liberty Sikh Recognition Trust Snapped Shot StandWithUS Sudan Freedom Walk Women United: Code Red Zionist Organization of America |
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