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Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, today released the following letter he authored to both Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain encouraging both candidates to treat all Americans, including Muslims, equally and to fully engage them and other religious minorities in the political process.
To the Obama campaign, we issue this challenge: The next time someone asks if you are Muslim, don’t just say no and recite your Christian bona fides. Ask them why it matters. We’ve seen already that some of your opponents will try to use your family religious history against you. Rise above that, and use the moment to teach someone why calling you a Muslim isn’t correct, but it certainly isn’t a slur.
To the McCain campaign, a slightly different but no less important challenge: Don’t ignore the Muslim community because you assume they’ll vote the other way. Every citizen should hear clear, strong messages from all political parties in order to make an educated decision in the voting booth.
June 25, 2008 at 9:31am · Report


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Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, President of Interfaith Alliance issued the following statement today in response to Dunkin Donuts discontinuing an online ad featuring Rachel Ray wearing a kiffiyeh.
"Enough already. Have we really reached the point where we are associating wearing a scarf of Middle Eastern origin with terrorist sympathies? Should we apply this standard to everything that comes from the Middle East? Or are we only applying this standard to our wardrobe? If that is the case I would like to suggest that we stop wearing sweaters with hoods so as not to expose any sympathies for the unabomber.
I just returned from a week in the Middle East where I took part in the World Economic Forum. I can tell you that serious issues continue to widen the divide between the Muslim world and the west. We simply must repair that divide. We can not allow misguided pundits to trivialize the situation like this. It gives new meaning to the term “wardrobe malfunction.”
May 29, 2008 at 12:37pm · Report


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Interfaith Alliance Dr. Gaddy will be on The Rachel Maddow Show tonight to talk with Rachel about the National Day of Prayer - tune in to MSNBC at 9pm Eastern to watch!