In the wake of the tragic attack at the Sikh Gurudwara in Wisconsin, as members of the board of the Monmouth Center for World Religions and Ethical Thought, we would like to state publicly our warm embrace and friendship with our Sikh neighbors. We affirm and give thanks for our Sikh neighbors as fellow citizens — and as fellow religious seekers and practitioners — in a nation dedicated to creating a more perfect union through constitutional guarantees including religious freedom. It is important to us that a clear message of welcome and inclusion be sent to people of all faiths. We stand with our Sikh neighbors in solidarity and will actively counter any disrespect directed at their Gurudwaras, homes, businesses or schools. Now is the time to build bridges with our Sikh neighbors and to cross those bridges with the hand of fellowship extended. We will only strengthen our wonderfully diverse communities in the process.
MCWRET website: www.interfaith- MCWRET.org.
Elizabeth B. Congdon
Stevi Lischin
Monmouth Center for World Religions and Ethical Thought
Red Bank