US Christian ad stands by Iraqis

A Christian organisation in the US has prepared an advertisement for Arab TV condemning the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib jail.
FaithfulAmerica.org has received donations from its supporters to pay for the ad. It features Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious figures offering their solidarity with the Iraqi people. The clip, which can be seen on the group's website, is to be shown next week on two Arab satellite channels.

FaithfulAmerica.org says it seeks to show to Iraq and the Arab world that people of faith in the US stand shoulder with them in demanding justice for the sinful abuses committed in their name. The website has a link to a rough form of the ad, which runs for 30 seconds and has a simple set-up - four talking heads taking turns in reading out a statement in English, which is translated in Arabic subtitles.

The speakers are, in order: Reverend Don Shriver; Imam Feisal Abdul-Rauf; Sister Betty Obal and Rabbi Arthur Waskow. They are all well-known liberal figures within their respective faiths in America. A caption at the end of the ad reads in Arabic: "This message was endorsed and paid for by thousands of Americans."

FaithfulAmerica.org - a non-profit lobbying group that started a month ago - has paid $20,000 for the ad to be shown in several slots next Tuesday on the two biggest pan-Arab satellite TV stations, Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3799241.stm

Nobody should be taking any heat off of the conservative christians. Just don't mess up the backlash the fundies have coming. There are two Americas and everybody on earth needs to understand that. I hope they make that clear.

I posted it the other day, but got very few responses. Glad someone else posted it was well.

Thank for posting this. I actually saw if first on another site. I am glad it got posted here too.

in protecting the dignity of mankind. Maybe there's hope for this religion to do good afterall.

We just don't look to get in the newspapers everyday.

I was going to post it myself, but found this on a search. I think teh ad is great. and the organization is pretty interesting too.