The Jordanian Interfaith
Coexistence Research Center
Working to Promote Coexistence Since 2003
LETTERS
of
SUPPORT
Bishop Riah Abu el-Assal
The Episcopal Evangelical Church,
Jerusalem and the Middle East
We are all called up, and challenged, each in his or her
place, to be people of Action.
Nihad Awad
Executive Director, Council on
American-Islamic Relations
We at CAIR wholeheartedly support the spirit and content
of the Amman Message released last year during the
blessed month of Ramadan, under the auspices of HM
King Abdullah II...We hope and pray that the Amman
message will be applied in its spirit and letter by Muslims
and people of all faiths worldwide.
Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor
Director of Interfaith Affairs, The AntiDefamation League
The Amman Message can be one of Islam's powerful tools
to make this world into the world it could and should be…it
clearly and succinctly points out the root principles of a faith
which calls upon all its adherents to submit to the good.
Brandie E. Conforti
ExecutiveDirector, WorldBoston
By highlighting the beliefs of Islam, one quickly realizes that
compassion, respect, tolerance, acceptance
and freedom are not values which belong solely to any one
faith, but to all faiths which are bound by a desire for
goodness and a love of humanity. This universal connection is
what binds people from all nations, creeds, religions,
ethnicities, sex, and race.
Rabbi Dr. Marc Gopin
Director, Center for World Religions,
Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution,
George Mason University
We peoples of the Book must band together, each with
our own religious texts and traditions in hand, to embrace
the spirit of this Amman Message… to teach these values
together until they become the dominant message that
reaches the masses of religious people on the planet today.
Senator John Kerry
United States Senate
We know that true people of faith yearn for a world of
respect and love for our fellow human beings… We must
dare to fight intolerance in all its forms, to live
tolerant lives as examples to others, and to demand
respect and dignity for other faiths.
Professor Yehezkel Landau
Faculty Associate in Interfaith
Relations, Hartford Seminary
We need an alliance of religiously committed Muslims and
Jews, joined by faithful Christians, who can serve as
visible role models for believers seeking a way to end
the debilitating warfare.
The Amman Message is a
welcome contribution to that essential goal, and I salute
those brave Jordanians who are behind this blessed
initiative.
Cardinal Theodore E.
McCarrick
Catholic Archbishop of Washington
I admire the initiative of His Majesty King Abdullah II and of
all those who have stood with him in accepting the
challenge of this important Amman Message. It has the
peace of the world and the love and friendship that all
God's children must have as we move forward to build a
time of hope and justice and peace for all nations.
Joseph Montville
Senior Fellow, The Center for World
Religions, Diplomacy, and Conflict
Resolution, George Mason University
The Amman Message is a rich and powerful restatement of
God’s love for all... God through the Holy Qur’an and His
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, embraced all of
humankind and emphasized mercy and compassion, love
and forgiveness.
Ms. Jane Olsen
Chair, Human Rights Watch
Chair, Landmine Survivors Network
The Amman Message in Action is such a positive step
in bringing hope and understanding to a region long torn
apart by conflict, which is based on religious and cultural
differences... we must see all life as sacred and all people
as connected to each other, more alike than different in
every way.
Reverend Dr. John T.
Pawlikowski
OSM President, The International Council
of Christians and Jews
I am glad to confirm our appreciation of this initiative which
has already made inroads into the thinking and acting of so
many engaged at varying levels, in the encounter and
dialogue of our three Abrahamic faith traditions.
Chief Rabbi David Rosen
President, The International Jewish
Committee for Interreligious
Consultations
Religion must be a force for peace, reconciliation and mutual
respect among people and especially among believers in the One
God, Creator and Guide of the Universe. May this conference
succeed in spreading the true and noble word of religion in our
region and in our world.
David Smock
Director of Religion and Peacemaking,
The United States Institute of Peace
The Amman Message is a timely and desperately needed
declaration to build bridges between the faith-based
communities and to work towards building a culture of
tolerance and coexistence…[we] support the Amman
Message in Action conference and believe that the interfaith
commitment to promote peace, tolerance, and reconciliation
reflects the true spirit in our traditions.
Bishop Krister Stendahl
Bishop of Stockholm, Emeritus
Unless our religious communities find ways, words, actions
to make our love for God a force for peace and not for
divisions and worse, we have no right to preach to the
world...The Amman Message really deserves to be
celebrated, and lifted up for all the world to hear.