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MUSLIMS UNITE WITH CHRISTIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS | ISNA

ISNA UNITES WITH CHRISTIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS – The Islamic Society of North America Muslims, Christians United Against Nuclear Weapons Zainab Cheema Muslim Link Staff Writer Nuclear weapons pose one of the most contentious issues on today’s political stage. The unrivaled destructive power of nuclear weapons means that their manufacture and use is as much a moral issue as it is a security one.

Accordingly, many believe that faith-based groups are uniquely suited to bring change in a political culture of escalation. One of the most earnest examples of interfaith cooperation on the nuclear weapon question is the Muslim Christian Initiative on the Nuclear Weapons Danger………………..

“We believe that chemical, biological and particularly nuclear weapons do not discriminate between combatants and non-combatants and inevitably destroy innocent human life . . . We further agree that the possession of nuclear weapons is an unacceptable risk for the human community in these times and is a continuing threat to the entire planet and its fragile ecosystem. The risk of theft of nuclear weapons or materials by non-state actors for nuclear terrorism as well as the continuing risk of accidental use of nuclear weapons by nations states themselves makes even the possession of nuclear weapons a danger to God’s creation.

We therefore believe that the common position held by both of our traditions, expressed as the sanctity of human life, leads us inexorably to say that the only real security for the world and the most responsible position for people of faith in our two traditions is to call upon the United States and other countries of the world to, gradually and in a verifiable manner, finally eliminate these weapons from the face of the earth.” The full text of the statement can be viewed online at www.mci-nwd.org.

ISNA UNITES WITH CHRISTIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS | ISNA

November 22, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, Religion and ethics | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation