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09-10-02, 08:01 PM
U.S. Newswire, 10/7/02
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Executive Board of the (U.S.) National Council of Churches this afternoon (Oct. 7) voted unanimously to "condemn and repudiate" the Rev. Jerry Falwell's statements yesterday on CBS-TV's "60 Minutes" about Islam and the Prophet Muhammed, Islam's founder, saying Falwell's statements endangered the lives of Christians around the world.
Noting that "Falwell implied in his comments that he and his constituency control President Bush's policies toward Israel and Palestine," the leaders of U.S. Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican denominations called on President Bush to repudiate and condemn Falwell's remarks.
Falwell's "hateful and destructive" statements - among others, that "Muhammed was a terrorist" - "are NOT those of the majority of Christians in this country nor in the rest of the world," said the governing body of the NCC, whose 36 member denominations comprise 50 million adherents. "His statements about Islam and the Prophet Muhammed are not only factually untrue and offensive, but are dangerous to the national security of every nation where Christians and Muslims are seeking a peaceful relationship..."
The full text of the statement by the NCC Executive Board is available at http://www.ncccusa.org
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Executive Board of the (U.S.) National Council of Churches this afternoon (Oct. 7) voted unanimously to "condemn and repudiate" the Rev. Jerry Falwell's statements yesterday on CBS-TV's "60 Minutes" about Islam and the Prophet Muhammed, Islam's founder, saying Falwell's statements endangered the lives of Christians around the world.
Noting that "Falwell implied in his comments that he and his constituency control President Bush's policies toward Israel and Palestine," the leaders of U.S. Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican denominations called on President Bush to repudiate and condemn Falwell's remarks.
Falwell's "hateful and destructive" statements - among others, that "Muhammed was a terrorist" - "are NOT those of the majority of Christians in this country nor in the rest of the world," said the governing body of the NCC, whose 36 member denominations comprise 50 million adherents. "His statements about Islam and the Prophet Muhammed are not only factually untrue and offensive, but are dangerous to the national security of every nation where Christians and Muslims are seeking a peaceful relationship..."
The full text of the statement by the NCC Executive Board is available at http://www.ncccusa.org