Sharpton calls for peace during the holidays
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Sharpton calls for peace during the holidays
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Herb Boyd
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Few voices from the activist community have been as unyielding in their opposition to the Bush administrations war plans against Iraq than the Rev. Al Sharpton.
The minister pushed his stance against that potential conflict up another notch on Monday, when he met with Iraqi UN Ambassador Mohammad Aldouri. Prompted by the approaching holidays, particularly the beginning of the Muslim observation of Ramadan, Sharpton issued another call for peace.
I just dont see how we can celebrate the holy daysRamadan and Christmasand not, in our own conscience, say we did what we could to avoid shedding blood, he said outside the Iraqi Mission on the Upper East Side after the meeting. If we could get religious leaders who could talk to all sides
then it can be productive.
Sharpton expressed concern that the turmoil has been reduced to a standoff between President Bush and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
Our concern is for the innocent and the bloodshed of American troops and Iraqi children, he stressed. He offered a similar position several weeks ago during a press conference with Martin Luther King III, which was called by Ron Daniels of the Center for Constitutional Rights, at the Riverside Church.
No specific solution was proposed by Sharpton or the ambassador. They were there merely to convey a message of peace, in keeping with the holiday spirit. Sharpton said we must try, even if it amounts to nothing. Ambassador Aldouri said that the people of Iraq were lovers of peace and that they would do their best to obtain that noble goal.
The minister pushed his stance against that potential conflict up another notch on Monday, when he met with Iraqi UN Ambassador Mohammad Aldouri. Prompted by the approaching holidays, particularly the beginning of the Muslim observation of Ramadan, Sharpton issued another call for peace.
I just dont see how we can celebrate the holy daysRamadan and Christmasand not, in our own conscience, say we did what we could to avoid shedding blood, he said outside the Iraqi Mission on the Upper East Side after the meeting. If we could get religious leaders who could talk to all sides
then it can be productive.
Sharpton expressed concern that the turmoil has been reduced to a standoff between President Bush and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
Our concern is for the innocent and the bloodshed of American troops and Iraqi children, he stressed. He offered a similar position several weeks ago during a press conference with Martin Luther King III, which was called by Ron Daniels of the Center for Constitutional Rights, at the Riverside Church.
No specific solution was proposed by Sharpton or the ambassador. They were there merely to convey a message of peace, in keeping with the holiday spirit. Sharpton said we must try, even if it amounts to nothing. Ambassador Aldouri said that the people of Iraq were lovers of peace and that they would do their best to obtain that noble goal.
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2002-11-20
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Sharpton calls for peace during the holidays
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“Sharpton calls for peace during the holidays,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/1267/.