Church Center for the United Nations
As world leaders descended upon Manhattan for the annual United Nations General Assembly, a different kind of summit had convened on Friday, 20 September 2024, at 777 United Nations Plaza. Religious leaders, activists, and representatives of civil society converged in an interfaith press conference titled "The Scourge of Religious Nationalisms." Voices from across different faith traditions came together to condemn gross distortions of religion by use of governments and other political actors to advance supremacist and nationalist agendas worldwide.
The conference was sponsored by the Religious Nationalisms Project, Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations of North America, New York State Council of Churches, Indian American Muslim Council, Hindus for Human Rights and the Dalit Solidarity Forum among others to address how religious nationalisms-from Hindu nationalism in India to Christian nationalism in the U.S.-have stoked violence, repression, and enabled autocratic regimes.
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