WASHINGTON — Leaders of religious and civil rights organizations urged greater dialogue and action across faith and religious lines as they marked the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. with a discussion Jan. 15 about post-Sept. 11 relations.
“Faith communities in this country ought to be denouncing racism as a problem of the heart, an evil that has to be eradicated,” said Sanford Cloud, president and CEO of the National Conference for Community and Justice, at the discussion his organization sponsored.
During the discussion, Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh leaders debated the state of interfaith relations, voicing sometimes conflicting approaches. Richard Cizik, vice president for governmental affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals, said “the spiritual change of heart” should be among the topics of discussion among people of different faiths.
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