Silence In The Face Of Evil: 'Holy war' against America and Jews meets with quiet from Christian, Muslim clerics

From: The New York Jewish Week | Date: October 12, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Silence In The Face Of Evil: `Holy war' against America and Jews meets with quiet from Christian, Muslim clerics.

While the United States grapples with what religion scholars are calling the first holy war declared against it, some are concerned that America's major religious leaders and organizations are conspicuously silent in confronting the challenge.

Jewish interfaith leaders say there has been a disturbing quiet from leaders of America's major faiths in directly challenging the declaration of jihad, or holy war, against "America and Jews" by Islamic fundamentalists, most publicly ...

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