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Of course, the Religious Left commemorated the decade anniversary of 9-11 with the usual apologies for America and Christianity while carefully avoiding critique of the virulent Islamist hatred behind the attacks. Many of the Religious Left events were blandly multi-faith, recalling satirist Florence King's sardonic comment that the last interesting interfaith summit was the St. Batholomew's Day Massacre in 1572.
At the Methodist Building on Capitol Hill, a retired United Methodist bishop bewailed America's seeking to "eliminate enemies in Iraq and Afghanistan." He complained of fear and "hate," but not apparently as it related to 9-11's killers but instead to Americans who treat President Obama "poorly." A Muslim chaplain told of his multi-faith "Caravan of Reconciliation" touring America to denounce "anti-Islam sentiment" and "discouraging anti-Sharia legislative efforts." (See full report here).
Left-wing Catholic group Pax Christi hosted its 9-11 commemoration at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. by featuring Evangelical Left activist Jim Wallis, whom Pax Christi introduced as "one of our nation's most prophetic and eloquent religious leaders." Wallis bemoaned a "total decade of war that took more innocent lives than victims of 9/11." He complained: "We had a possibility for reflection, but it alluded us because our leaders said, 'We will erase your vulnerability through our superior force and power." (See this report here).