I also posted this information to the "Be counted for humane tolerance" Wacco Talk thread.
David Hoffman'
May 21, 2008
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Santa Rosa 'Christian' group
distributesAnti-Muslim slander tract
in Sebastopol
As an Evangelical Christian I was repelled and embarassed (hardly the first time, however), to learn that a supposedly "Christian" anti-Muslim hate tract was left on someone's car seat in Sebastopol last week.
The group calls itself "Truth be Told" and lists a Santa Rosa post office box. The tract is obviously one of many -- probably created by some outside organization fomenting religious prejudice: It was numbered "Islam #11" and titled "The Truth about ISLAM -- Can a Good MUSLIM Be a Good AMERICAN?"
What followed was a long series of falsehoods and miststatements about Islam and Muslims, each one supposedly "proving" that a Muslim cannot be a "Good American."
The people sneaking around, dropping this material into strangers' cars, apparently imagines that prejudice-inciting behavior somehow qualifies as being both a "Good American" and a "Good Christian."
What do WE believe would constitute a "righteous American" response to this hate tract?
For those of us who follow Christian and other Faiths (including Islam): What response would be consistent with OUR values, teachings and scriptures?
I invite others' thoughts and suggestions, either on this thread, or directly at the following eMail address:
Al Salaam Alaykum, Shalom, Namaste, PeaceDavid L. Hoffman, Coordinator
Humanity Check
Interfaith Peace and Reconciliation Project
PMB 560, 122 Calistoga Road
Santa Rosa, CA 95409