[Attachment(s) from Ratan Barua included below]
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Subject: Letter to Sec. Gen. Ban Ki Moon about Religious Freedom in Bangladesh
From: Rev. Chloe Breyer <cbreyer@interfaithcenter.org>
To: "ecu@un.org" <ecu@un.org>
Cc: "nytemple@aol.com" <nytemple@aol.com>; TK Nakagaki <nakagaki@earthlink.net>; Joe Potasnick <jpotasnik@nybr.org>; Aisha Al Adwiya <aisha.aladawiya@gmail.com>; Rev Chloe Breyer <Chloe.Breyer@gmail.com>; Ratan Barua <ratan_barua54@yahoo.com>; Sree Sanjeeb Chowdhury <snjbchy@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 9:47 AM
Subject: Letter to Sec. Gen. Ban Ki Moon about Religious Freedom in Bangladesh
October 16, 2012
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
United Nations
New York, NY 10017 USA
United Nations
New York, NY 10017 USA
Dear Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon,
We are writing as diverse religious leaders in New York City concerned about the recent violence against Buddhist Temples in Bangladesh. Given the long history of peaceful coexistence between Buddhists and Muslims in your country, these developments are particularly disturbing.
As New Yorkers of Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist and Jewish background committed to cooperation between people of diverse faith traditions and in particular the free exercise of religion for minority traditions, we recognize that these are not simply local concerns. In a world made small by technology, the violence that has wracked Bangladesh is making itself felt here in New York and we join together with religious leaders of diverse faith traditions to ask your government to 1) bring to justice those who committed the heinous acts of violence against Buddhist temples and homes last week, 2) support religious freedom across the country with special attention to the rights of religious minorities.
To this end we are attaching an important statement of peace made by the ULEMA-MASHAIKH (Muslim Clergy-Spiritual Leaders) of BANGLADESH and a statement of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council of the USA for your consideration.
Thank you for your kind attention to this matter. We look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
The Rev. Chloe Breyer,
Executive Director,
The Interfaith Center of New York
The Rev. Dr. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki,
Former President, The Buddhist Council of New York
Vice Chair, ICNY Board of Directors
Sister Aisha Al Adwiya, Founder of Women in Islam Inc. &
Vice Chair, ICNY Board of Directors
Rabbi Joseph Potasnick, Executive Vice President,
New York Board of Rabbis &
Vice Chair, ICNY Board of Directors
Dr. Uma Mysorekar,
President, The Hindu Temple Society of North America
Vice Chair, ICNY Board of Directors
CC: Ambassador Susan Johnson Cook, Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom
Attachment(s) from Ratan Barua
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