In the Media
Below is a selection of statements and news coverage of our work, our coalition, and our partners. For a complete archive of our coalition statements, please visit our Medium page
Coalition Statements
Our joint multi-faith declaration committing to counter anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish hate in the U.S., released on December 19, 2023.
An opinion piece written by our campaign co-chairs, Kathryn Mary Lohre and Rabbi Esther Lederman
Our coalition statement released in response to Congresswoman Boebert’s anti-Muslim statements.
Media Coverage
The root of the problem? Christian Nationalism, panelists say, December 20, 2023
“We believe we can and we must talk to one another beyond our echo chambers and our closed circles if we’re going to make a difference,” Fernando said.
Jews, Christians, Sikhs And Others Mourn With Muslims After New Zealand Attack, March 15, 2019
“We call on all people of faith and goodwill to listen to those impacted by anti-Muslim bigotry, get educated on the issues, contact your local mosque or Muslim, Arab, Sikh, or South Asian organization and show your solidarity through word and action”
Muslim Americans Search for Political Voice in U.S., December 10, 2015
Imam Mohamed Magid, executive imam of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, said fears among his congregation are worse than after the Sept. 11 attacks. He said the community may be best served through participation in interreligious coalitions. Among those interreligious campaigns is the Shoulder to Shoulder coalition.
Religious leaders are especially alarmed by anti-Muslim rhetoric, December 22, 2015
“Normally there’s nothing that brings us together, except that we believe in inherent human dignity rooted in freedom of conscience and belief.”
Jews and Muslims are natural allies against religious discrimination, August 24, 2017
Now is the time for the Jewish and Muslim communities to have each other’s backs. To stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism.
How evangelicals can support Muslims this Ramadan, May 7, 2019
”A public faith is one that proactively seeks the good of our neighbors without compromising our beliefs.”
Hoosiers react to controversial travel ban, December 5, 2017
"This affects families' abilities to be together for no other reason than people's national origin which we know is based on religious discrimination. This is not who we are. This is not who we want to be," said Catherine Orsborn with Shoulder to Shoulder. "So this doesn't just affect American Muslims. It really all Americans because it is an affront to our values."
Diversity in the House Has Spurred Change. But There’s A Long Way to Go, January 25, 2019
“When people are excluded from fully participating in our democracy, we don't have true religious freedom.”
My Parents Fled Religious Violence, So I’m Speaking Out About President Trump’s Travel Ban, April 25, 2018
“The Muslim ban, in any form, is based on stereotypes, discrimination, and bigotry. Targeting or banning one group, whether it's for having a specific last name or for practicing a specific religion, is wrong and it doesn’t work to keep a nation safe from incidents of mass violence. My parents’ story is an example of why it doesn’t.“
Interfaith clergy show solidarity with Muslims, November 18, 2016
“I am here as a Jew, as a rabbi, as a leader of faith in my community,”
Concern Is Voiced Over Religious Intolerance, September 7, 2010
“To those who would exercise derision, bigotry, open rejection of our fellow Americans of a different faith, I say, shame on you. As an evangelical, I say to those who do this, you bring dishonor to those who love Jesus Christ.”
Amid dark year for American Muslims, deeper signs of 'hope,' October 15, 2016
“It has to do with our American identity, this idea about who’s in, or who’s out.”
This Christian Is Fed Up With Islamophobic Rhetoric, March 10, 2016
“I started having really interesting theological conversations with a Muslim friend my age and realizing that the way she held on to her faith felt very familiar to me,” Orsborn told The Huffington Post. “I felt like it was a mirror of myself, but with a different tradition.”
We stand with our Muslim brothers and sisters, June 9, 2017
As United Methodist pastors, we are devoted to a close and faithful reading of Christian scripture, which clearly and frequently reminds us that we are called to welcome immigrants into our midst, and as such must reject the statement about "the rise of Islamic immigration."
Islamophobia and antisemitism condemned by dozens of US interfaith leaders in DC, December 21, 2023
”We are naming the problem in one breath, Islamophobia and antisemitism. It’s important to name.”