The Washington Times ran an op-ed on March 16 calling the St. Petersburg Declaration a "document of historic significance":
A document of historic significance was issued by the delegates at this event -- "The St. Petersburg Declaration." It was a call for openness, dialogue, democracy, gender equality and peaceful reason to be applied in the Islamic world. Among other things, it declared, "We demand the release of Islam from its captivity to the totalitarian ambitions of power-hungry men and the rigid strictures of orthodoxy...We say to Muslim believers: there is a noble future for Islam as a personal faith, not a political doctrine."
For the most part, federal government officials treated the conference and its noble delegates with disdain.However, American officials at every level must treat these Arabic dissenters and refuseniks as national treasures to be encouraged and protected.They must start with security and immediately go after the American jihadists who make frequent threats of murder and rape to the dissenters.
We all must support the vital task of protecting the lives and dignity of these brave pioneers on the ramparts of peaceful Islamic reform who are keeping the spark of hope alive.
Read the article online.
A document of historic significance was issued by the delegates at this event -- "The St. Petersburg Declaration." It was a call for openness, dialogue, democracy, gender equality and peaceful reason to be applied in the Islamic world. Among other things, it declared, "We demand the release of Islam from its captivity to the totalitarian ambitions of power-hungry men and the rigid strictures of orthodoxy...We say to Muslim believers: there is a noble future for Islam as a personal faith, not a political doctrine."
For the most part, federal government officials treated the conference and its noble delegates with disdain.However, American officials at every level must treat these Arabic dissenters and refuseniks as national treasures to be encouraged and protected.They must start with security and immediately go after the American jihadists who make frequent threats of murder and rape to the dissenters.
We all must support the vital task of protecting the lives and dignity of these brave pioneers on the ramparts of peaceful Islamic reform who are keeping the spark of hope alive.
Read the article online.