Interfaith Protest To Protect Nigeria’s Christians

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
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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