In the wake of local and national reports of FBI spying in mosques, the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice has issued a request to Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate if the FBI is engaging in religious profiling.

Follow the link to read the full letter to Attorney General Holder.

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PRESS RELEASE 5/18/09 (for immediate release)
Merilynne Rush, faithandfood@growinghope.net, 734-786-8401

“Faith and Food Program Helping Congregations Grow Food for the Hungry”

With grant money from the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, the Faith and Food Program is helping the faithful build community gardens and help feed our neighbors in need. Just two months old, the program initiated by Growing Hope, Food Gatherers, and the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice already has 17 member congregations from all over Washtenaw County. They are growing vegetables to donate to Food Gatherers for distribution to area food banks and meal programs.

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Want to know what ICPJ has been up to? Check out our 2008-2009 Annual Report.

Join an interfaith discussion on religion, war, and peacemaking on Thursday, May 14.

WHO: Aura Ahuvia, Fr. Peter Dougherty, Imam Achmat Salie.

WHEN: Thursday, May 14, 5:30 – 8:00 (potluck dinner at 5:30, program at 6:00).

WHERE: Social Hall / St Clare Episcopal Church-Temple Beth Emeth, 2309 Packard. Parking both at the church and next door in the back.

WHAT: A interfaith dialogue about the role of religion and religious texts as a tool for peacemaking rather than as a cause for conflict and war. Each tradition has used its texts and understandings to achieve great moral good and we must unstintingly highlight those uses. Among other things, we will explore how religions have been used to bring great suffering and what we can do to stop those practices. A central aim is to expose the myth of redemptive violence that has been used by all three traditions by showing that each tradition has been and continues to be illuminated by the grace of redemptive love and the love of others different from us. Potluck Dinner at 5:30, program at 6:00pm.

Sponsored by the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, and Temple Beth Emeth. Details: www.icpj.net, 734-663-1870, info@icpj.net

Bill Moyers has said of Torturing Democracy, “This one will go into the record books for historians and teachers and others who look back to ask, ‘What did we do?’” See the film June 13 at 1:00 p.m. at the Michigan Theater.

ICPJ, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, and Michigan Peaceworks have planned a bevy of activities for Torture Awareness Month in June.

We’re calling on Congress and the President to investigate U.S.-sponsored torture and to legislate so these abuses never happen again.

Take action now! Tell your Congressperson that we need to investigate U.S. interrogation practices and the treatment of detainees. Click here to send a letter online. Continue Reading »