This afternoon First Things is joining with fifty other religious and human rights organizations and leaders to protest the recent massacre of Christians in Nigeria, as well as persecution and slaughter of Christians and other minorities living under Shariah rule.
The protest will take place at the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, 828 Second Ave (at 44th Street) in New York. Please join us, beginning at 4:45 pm, to raise your voice of conscience and call on President Barack Obama to act now.
The following is a partial list of our endorsers (speakers are in bold):
ACT Manhattan
Aish Center
Bishop Joseph Alexander
Alliance for Interfaith Resistance (AIR)
American Maronite Union
Americans for a Safe Israel
Gary Bauer, President, American Values
Joy Brighton, Stop Shariah Now
Ann Buwalda, Executive Director, Jubilee Campaign USA
Dr. Phyllis Chesler
Coptic Voices of America
Mallory Danaher, Director, David Horowitz Freedom Center
Elliott Daniels, Washington Representative, Christian Solidarity International
Nonie Darwish, Arabs for Israel
Simon Deng, Sudan Freedom Walk
Dr. William Donohue, Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
Satya Dosapati, Hindu Human Rights Watch
Eagles’ Wings Ministries
Amir A. Fakhravar, Confederation of Iranian Students
Rev. Michael Faulkner
Free Copts
Freedom Defense Initiative (FDI)
Brigitte Gabriel, ACT! for America
Frank Gaffney, Center for Security Policy
Getaneh M. Getaneh, Watch and Pray International Ministries
Beth Gilinsky, Action Alliance
Pamela Hall, NY — United American Coalition
Inception (2010)
Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam (HRCARI)
Niger Innis, Congress on Racial Equality (CORE)
Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr., High Impact Leadership Coalition of Churches
Dr. Charles Jacobs, Americans for Peace and Tolerance
Narain Kataria and Arish Sahani, Indian American Intellectuals Forum
Andrea Lafferty, Traditional Values Coalition
James Lafferty, Virginia Anti-Shariah Taskforce
Dr. Herbert I. London, President, The Hudson Institute
Hillary Markowitz, Amcha
Faith McDonnell, Director, Religious Liberty Programs, Institute on Religion and Democracy
Jonathan Racho, Regional Manager for Africa, International Christian Concern
Ashraf Ramelah, President, Voice of the Copts
Father Keith Roderick, General Secretary of the Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights Under Islamization
The Reverend Samuel Rodriguez, President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
The Rev. David Runnion Bareford, the President of the Association for Church Renewal
Nina Shea, Director of the Center for Religious Freedom, The Hudson Institute
Bhupinder Singh, Namdari Sikh Foundation
Rabbi Aryeh Spero, Caucus For America
The Reverend Robert Stearns
Stop Islamization of America (SIOA)
Tom Trento, Florida Security Council
Karen Khan, Women’s Freedom Movement of Pakistan
Women United: Code Red
Zionist Organization of America
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