PETITION
WHEREAS religious leaders seek to promote various universal values, including love, justice, and truth; and
WHEREAS religious leaders throughout history have spoken out on moral issues; and
WHEREAS the official account of 9/11 has been shown by scientists and professionals in relevant fields to be false beyond a reasonable doubt; and
WHEREAS the official account of 9/11 has been used as a pretext for wars that have killed and maimed millions of innocent people and caused enormous ecological damage to our planet; and
WHEREAS the official account of 9/11 has been used to increase military spending and thereby to withhold needed spending for health, education, welfare, infrastructure, and the environment; and
WHEREAS the official account of 9/11 has been used to indict Islam as an inherently violent religion and to justify discrimination against Muslims and attacks on Muslim countries; and
WHEREAS the official reports about 9/11 have been produced by individuals closely affiliated with, or even employed by, the Bush administration;
THEREFORE we, the members of Religious Leaders for 9/11 Truth, ask President Obama to authorize a new, truly independent, investigation into the attacks of 9/11 immediately, because such an investigation is long overdue, being owed to the 9/11 families, the American people, and the peoples of the world---especially the peoples of Afghanistan and Iraq.
The following are individual statements and endorsements which do not necessarily represent the whole religious affiliation without further consideration.
151 Religious Leaders have already signed the petition
Jim Ackerman
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
Indiana University, Bloomington Click here to see statement.
Robert H. Adams
United Methodist Church
Retired Pastor
Rev. Ian Alterman
Non-Denominational Christian
Pastor, Spirit Fellowship Ministries
Disaster Chaplain through NYDIS (NY Disaster Interfaith Services)
Thomas Altizer
PhD University of Chicago
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook
Thomas E. Ambrogi
Progressive Christians Uniting, Past Board Member
Fred H. Anderson
Presbyterian Church USA
Honorably Retired Clergy
Gary G. Arndt
Retired Pastor
United Church of Christ Click here to see statement.
Mahmoud Ayoub
Faculty associate professor of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at the Hartford Seminary
Hartford, Connecticut
Professor Emeritus at Temple University.
Byron C. Bangert
Presbyterian Minister/Research Scholar/Columnist/Ethics Consultant
Member, Presbytery of Ohio Valley
Adjunct Faculty Member, Indiana University
Nabil A. Bayakly, Ph.D.
Muslims in Memphis, Tn. Chairman Click here to see statement.
Joseph D. Bennett
Presbyterian Minister
Hospice Chaplain Click here to see statement.
Ruth L. Billington
Retired Clergy, Presbyterian Church (USA)
Presbytery of Plains and Peaks, CO. Click here to see statement.
Rev. James D. (Danny) Borkowski
Retired Priest
Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East Click here to see statement.
Archbishop Robert M. Bowman, Ph.D.
Primate, United Catholic Church
and Bishop Protector, Society of Blessed John XXIII Click here to see statement.
Donna Brooke
Druid Priestess in Britain
Archdruidess of the Glastonbury Order of Druids
Karin Brothers
Co-chair of World Affairs
Committee of the United Church of Canada's Toronto Conference.
Raymond Kay Brown
Presbyterian Church USA
Retired Pastor
Robert Browne
United Presbyterian Church
Retired minister and governing body executive Click here to see statement.
Marilyn Brunger
Presbyterian
Elder in Presbyterian Church
Past Moderator of United Church of Christ Local Church
Rev. Roger S. Burkhart
United Church of Christ
Chair of the Spirituality and Earth Stewardship Committee of the New Hampshire Conference of the United Church of Christ
Marion Burton
United Church of Christ
Local Church Circle Leader
Ignacio Castuera
United Methodist Minister
Trinity United Methodist Church
Pomona, CA.
Rev. Donald F. Chatfield
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Professor Emeritus of Preaching, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Rev. Judith Lane Chatfield
United Church of Christ
Retired Minister and Teacher
Dr. Carol P. Christ
Leader in the Women's Spirituality/Goddess/Ecofeminst Movement
Author
Ph.D. in Religion from Yale
Elizabeth J. Clarke
United Methodist Church
Retired Missionary
John B. Cobb, Jr.
PhD, Professor Emeritus of Theology
Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California
David D. Cockcroft
Presbyterian minister Click here to see statement.
George Crowell
Professor, retired, Social Ethics in the Department of Religious Studies,
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Lifetime member, Society of Christian Ethics
Convener, Monetary Policy Interest Group, Society of Christian Ethics Click here to see statement.
Rev. Dr. Richard Curtis
Professor of Philosophy and Theology
Seattle, WA.
James Douglass
Catholic Worker, writer
Mary's House, Birmingham, Alabama
Rev. Martin Edward Duffield
Presbyterian Church of Australia
Pastor Click here to see statement.
Rev. Marvin M. Ellison, Ph.D.
Willard S. Bass Professor of Christian Ethics
Bangor Theological Seminary
Portland, Maine
Gracia Fay Ellwood
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Orange Grove Monthly Meeting, Pasadena, California.
Editor of THE PEACEABLE TABLE, project of the Animal Kinship Committee
MA , University of Chicago Divinity School
PhD in the philosophy of religion from Claremont Graduate University Click here to see statement.
Judith L. Favor
Quaker
Retired Pastor
Loren R. Fisher
Retired professor of Hebrew Bible (The School of Theology at Claremont)
Affiliated with The Disciples of Christ
Author of 9 books since 2000. Click here to see statement.
James A. Fiske
United Methodist Church
Missionary and Pastor
William F. Fore, Ph.D.
President Emeritus
World Association for Christian Communication
James H. Gailey
Professor Emeritus
A Protestant Theological Seminary Click here to see statement.
Rev. Dr. Sue Gallagher
United Church of Christ
Retired Pastor
David L. Garshaw
Disciples of Christ
Pastor, First Christian Church
Portsmouth, Ohio
Noel Glynn
Quaker
Elder of Streatham Local Meeting, South London Area Meeting, Britain Yearly Meeting
The Rev. Dr. Helen Goggin
The Presbyterian Church in Canada
Minister, Professor Emerita, Religious Education, Knox College
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Click here to see statement.
Sharon R. Graff
Pastor and Teacher
Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
MA Claremont School of Theology; D.Min. San Francisco Theological Seminary
Tom Graham
Ordained Buddhist priest with the Center for American Buddhist Practice
Co-founder of Center for American Buddhist Practice
Translator of many Buddhist texts from Chinese to English
Buddhist teacher for many years in San Diego
Dr. Herman Greene
United Church of Christ
Ordained Minister
David Ray Griffin
PhD, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of Religion and Theology
Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, California.
Rev. Virginia B. Hall
Episcopal priest
Assistant to the Rector, Trinity Church
Bloomington, IN.
Board member of New Leaf/ New Life Prison Ministry Click here to see statement.
Grace Hansen
Center for American Buddhist Practice
Senior Buddhist Priest
San Diego, California Click here to see statement.
Rebecca Hardcastle
Ordained Elder in United Methodist Church
Ruth Harris
United Methodist Church
International Mission Staff (Retired)
Rev. Wayne (Chris) Hartmire
Presbyterian
Retired Pastor
Former Executive Director of California Migrant Ministry & National Farmworker Ministry, 1961-1981
Dimitrios Hatgistavrou
Greek Orthodox Church
Past President of Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons (6 years) - presently Vice-President
Shaikh Kabir Helminski
Sufi leader and author
Dan Hennen
Endowment Committee Member and Chief Usher
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Jordan, MN
Dwight Hoelsher
United Church of Christ
Retired Minister
Carolyn Horvath
Interdenominational and Interfaith
Co-Director of Hope House of Prayer Click here to see statement.
Joseph C. Hough, Jr.
President emeritus and William E. Dodge Professor of Social Ethics emeritus
Union Theological Seminary New York, NY
Ordained minister of the United Church of Christ
Norman W. Jackson
United Church of Christ
Retired theological educator
Former leader of Council for American Indian Ministry
Robin Jarrell
Episcopal Priest serving at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Sunbury, PA., Diocese of Central PA. Click here to see statement.
Beth Johnson
Minister, Palomar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Vista, CA
M.Div., D. Min, Claremont School of Theology. Click here to see statement.
Dorothy E. Jones
United Methodist Church
Retired Missionary
Rev. Dr. Neal Jones
Minister of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Columbia, SC.
Master of Divinity , Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, Baylor University. Click here to see statement.
Richard E. Keady
Coordinator, Comparative Religious Studies Program
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
Faculty member in the Comparative Religious Studies Program at San Jose State University since 1972. Click here to see statement.
Canon Brian Scott Kelley
Retired Canon for Social Action
St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
Boston , MA. Click here to see statement.
Carol Kelling C.S.
Christian Science Practitioner
Phoenix, Oregon Click here to see statement.
Dr. Faiz Khan, M.D.
Founding member of American Sufi Muslim Association
Assistant imam at Islamic Center of Long Island
Co-founder of the Muslim - Jewish - Christian Alliance for 9/11 Truth
Bob Kinsey
Retired Clergy, United Church of Christ.
Rocky Mountain Conference
Long term Chair of the Peace and Justice Task Force Click here to see statement.
Rev. Paul Kittlaus
United Church of Christ
Pastor, organizer and author
Rev. Thomas Klein
Orthodox Christian Priest
South Central PA.
Reverend Rich Lang
Trinity United Methodist Church
Seattle, Washington
Rev. Dr. Werner Lange
Doctor of Ministry degree from Ashland Theological Seminary in 1994
Ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the United Church of Christ in 1996
Pastor of two UCC churches until 2003
Professor of religion and society at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Active in interfaith peace activities
Rev. Taigen Dan Leighton, Ph.D.
Buddhist
Faculty, Loyola University Chicago, Theology Dept.
Graduate Theological Union
Dharma Teacher,
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate
Rev. Mark S. Lemon
Anglican Church Priest
Thomas J. Leonhardt
non-mainline Christian
Pastor of Emmaus Community
Co-Director Hope House of Prayer, Inc.
Mentor Teacher Dances of Universal Peace
Spiritual Director
Cleveland, Ohio, USA Click here to see statement.
Bishop Ioan Lightoller
Bishop of the Friends Community Catholic Church
(Old Catholic jurisdiction in the United States) Click here to see statement.
Rev. John-Otto Liljenstolpe
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Ordained minister Click here to see statement.
Dennis Linn
Catholic/Ecumenical
Author, Retreat Leader
Re-Member Ministries
M. of Divinity Click here to see member statement.
Matt Linn, S. J.
Catholic priest
Author, Retreat Leader
Re-Member Ministries Click here to see statement.
Sheila Linn
Catholic/Ecumenical
Author, Retreat Leader
Re-Member Ministries
M. of Divinity Click here to see statement.
Davidson Loehr
First Unitarian Universalist Church
Austin, Texas.
Jeffery D. Long
Professional Scholar of and Theologian within the Hindu tradition
Frequent Educator to the larger American community on Hinduism
Elizabethtown College
Elizbabethtown, PA Click here to see member statement.
Sandra Lubarsky
Jewish theologian and Professor of Religious Studies
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Father Lawrence Lucas
Roman Catholic priest
Deputy Director, City of NY Correction Department
Graeme MacQueen, PhD
Retired Professor, Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Founding Director of McMaster Centre for Peace Studies
Member of the Movement for a Socially Engaged Buddhism
Author and Speaker on 9/11 Research Topics Click here to see statement.
Rev. Dr. Kenneth MacQueen
Former President Huntington University
Former Principal Vancouver School of Theology
Terri Mansfield
Lay leader
Madonna Ministry
Rollo Maughfling
Archdruid of Stonehenge and Britain
Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy
Catholic Priest
Former Spiritual Director and Rector of St. Gregory the Theologian Byzantine Catholic Melkite Seminary
Retreat Director, Author and Lecturer on the Nonviolent Jesus of the Gospels and His Way of Nonviolent Love of friends and enemies for 45 years Click here to see statement.
Dr. Jay McDaniel
United Methodist Church
Professor and Author
James M. McLachlan
Professor Philosophy and Religion, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
President, Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology
Co-Chair Mormon Studies Consultation, American Academy of Religion
Dr. Stuart D. McLean
Presbyterian USA
Professor emeritus, Ethics and Theology, Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, OK.
Sarah McMahan
Spiritual director, retreat leader, member of an alternative Catholic faith community and a participant in the local Friends group and the local ministerial alliance Click here to see statement.
Dan Metzger
Unitarian Universalist
Chaplain, eldercare facility in Chicago suburbs
Master of Divinity degree, University of Chicago
Thomas L. Milligan
Retired
M.Div., Methodist Theological School in Ohio, 1975
Anselm Min
Professor of Religion
Claremont Graduate University
Father Frank Morales
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
New York City, New York.
William Moremen
United Church of Christ
Retired Pastor
Rev. Roger Morimoto
Pastor, Aldersgate United Methodist Church
Palo Alto, California Click here to see statement.
Beth Mueller
United Methodist Church
Seminary student
Elders orders
The Rev.Dr. Leslie A. Muray
Episcopalian
Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Curry College, Milton ,MA
Associate Priest at Trinity Episcopal Church, Canton, MA Click here to see statement.
Rev. Dr. Kyle Nash
Unitarian Universalist
Medical educator Click here to see statement.
Richard M. Nelson
Presbyterian Church - USA
Minister of Word and Sacrament
Retired Minister, PCUSA Click here to see statement.
Sr. Axel Árnason Njarðvík
National Church of Iceland
Distric pastor for Southern Iceland
Daniel Noel
Unitarian Universalist
Adult Education Leader
Coordinator of 9/11 Truth group,
Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church, Costa Mesa, CA.
Don Nofziger
Retired Mennonite pastor Click here to see statement.
Reverend David Oliver-Holder
Presbyterian Minister
Bayfield Presbyterian Church
Bayfield, Wisconsin
Carolyn Olney
Pasadena First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ
M. Div., Urban Ministry, Claremont School of Theology
Rev. Dr. Judith E. O’Neill
Presbyterian and United Church of Christ
Retired Campus Minister
Andrew Sung Park
Professor of Theology
United Theological Seminary
Dayton, Ohio
Author Click here to see statement.
Patricia Patterson
United Methodist Church
Retired Mission Executive, Local Church Member
Lynda H. Peterson
United Methodist Church
Lay Member to the North Georgia Annual Conference
Lay Leader, Cumberland United Methodist Church Click here to see statement.
Father Stephan Petrovich
Retired Archbishop of Ohio and Midwest
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church of North and South America Click here to see statement.
Peter Phippen
Minister
JoyFull Ministries
M.A., B.A. Click here to see statement.
Reverend Åke Pilblad
Church of Sweden
Evangelical Lutheran, Retired Minister
Jorge (George) Pixley
Professor of Bible with Ph.D. from the Univ. of Chicago Divinity School (1968),
Retired Baptist minister, Served in Latin America, including Puerto Rico, Mexico, Argentina and Nicaragua
Elenore R. Powell
United Church of Christ
Committee Chair
Rev. Don Prange
United Church of Christ
Minister at St. James UCC
Lovettsville, Va. Click here to see statement.
Bruce Prescott
Mainstream Baptist
M. of Divinity, PhD Philosophy, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Executive Director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists
Norman, Oklahoma
Edith Rasell
United Church of Christ
Minister for Economic Justice
Gene Reeves
Special Minister, International Buddhist Congregation
Tokyo, Japan
Former head of Meadville Lombard Theological School.
Marlene Reichmuth
Catholic
Past Board Member of Pecos Benedictine Community
John Rempel
Professor of theology
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Elkhart, IN. 46517 Click here to see statement.
Georg Retzlaff
Episcopal Church
Rector of All Saints' Episcopal Church, Cayce, SC. Click here to see statement.
Sr. Megan Rice
Catholic Sister of the Holy Child Jesus
Missionary
Active peacemaker who is working to end nuclear weapons and war
Leigh M. Roberts
United Methodist
Lay member of Wisconsin Annual Conference
Local church council member
Frank Rogers, Jr.
Faculty member, Claremont School of Theology
Rev. Dr. Pete Sabey
Presbyterian and United Church of Christ
Retired Campus Minister
Reverend Paul W. Sawyer
Unitarian Universalist minister
Pasadena, CA
Steven Schemahorn
Non-denominational Christian
Associate Pastor, Beacon Church
Jackson, Michigan
Myron Schrag
Retired Mennonite Pastor
Keith Schroerlucke
United Methodist Church
Active Clergy
Madison, WI
Rob Shaw
Former Deacon of Laird Street Baptist Church, Birkenhead, UK
Moderator for 911forum.org.uk
John A. Shuck
Active Clergy
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)
Portland, Oregon Click here to see statement.
T. Richard Snyder, Ph.D.
Academic Dean, Bangor Theological Seminary
Professor Emeritus, New York Theological Seminary
Sung Jacob Song
Independent Minister
PhD Claremont School of Theology Click here to see statement.
Anne Stokes
United Church of Christ
Past Board Member of Childrens' Ministry
Lou Stolzenberg
Past Chair, Church and Society work group, First United Methodist Church,
Madison, WI.
Coordinator for Religious Leaders for 9/11 Truth
Pia Struck
Asatru (Ethnic Religion of Denmark)
Priestess in the congregation Harreskovens Blótgilde, Copenhagen, Denmark
Congregation is a member of the World Congress of Ethnic Religion.
Douglas Sturm
United Methodist Church
Professor Emeritus, Religion & Political Science, Bucknell University
Former chair, editorial board, Journal of Law and Religion
Former president, Society of Christian Ethics. Click here to see statement.
Robert Desmarais Sullivan
Moderator of the Social Justice Team
First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans
Anthony Thomsen
Seventh-Day Adventist
Chaplain & Pastor Click here to see statement.
Michelle Tooley
Ordained Baptist minister
Eli Lilly Professor of Religious Ethics at Berea College Click here to see statement.
Father Marek S. Tuptynski
Roman Catholic priest
Pastor of St. Patrick Church in Somerset, MA
Elton Tylenda
Catholic
Former teacher, Interfaith House, Chicago, Illinois
Teacher of Peace from faith perspectives
Master of Divinity degree from Chicago Theological Seminary Click here to see statement.
Father Benjamin J. Urmston, S. J.
PhD Peace Studies, Xavier University
Cincinnati, Ohio. Click here to see statement.
Audrey W. Vincent
Minister Emerita, Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah
M. Div., D. Min., Claremont School of Theology, 1986.
Attended College of Divinity, Univ. of Aberdeen and served as an intern Minister at the Unitarian Church in Edinburgh
Rev. Michelle A. Walsh
Unitarian Universalist and Buddhist
Affiliate Community Minister
United First Parish Church (Unitarian Universalist)
Quincy, MA. Click here to see statement.
Mark Carden Whitley
Presbyterian Church
Elder & Stephen Ministry Leader Click here to see statement.
Robert D. Williams
United Methodist Church
Retired Pastor
Past chair of a division of the Iowa Conference Board of Church and Society
Leadership experience in worship, missions, and ecumenism Click here to see statement.
Walter Wink, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Biblical Interpretations
Auburn Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y.
Rev. Hal Woods
Episcopal Church Priest
Retired Rector, All Saints Episcopal Church, South Burlington, Vermont Click here to see statement.