Memorial Statement for Victims of Terror
We are here to remember the victims of the Islamo-Fascist Jihad, past and present, and to affirm that their sufferings are not in vain, and will not be forgotten.
We remember the innocent civilians in America, Israel, Britain and elsewhere whose lives were mercilessly snuffed out by Islamo-Fascists.
We remember the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.
We remember the victims of the October 12, 2002 attacks in nightclubs in Bali.
We remember the victims of the February 27, 2004 attack on a ferry in Mariveles, Philippines.
We remember the victims of the March 11, 2004 attacks on commuter trains in Madrid, Spain.
We remember the victims of the July 7, 2005 attacks on commuter trains and buses in London.
We remember the victims of the July 23, 2005 attacks on tourist spots in Sharm al-Sheik, Egypt.
We remember the victims of the November 9, 2005 attacks on hotels in Amman, Jordan.
We remember the victims of the July 11, 2006 attacks on commuter trains in Mumbai, India.
We remember all the victims of Islamo-Fascist violence everywhere.
We remember the people whose lives were stunted and destroyed simply because they were women.
We remember the people whose lives were stunted and destroyed simply because they were Jewish.
We remember the people whose lives were stunted and destroyed simply because they were Christian.
We remember the people whose lives were stunted and destroyed simply because they were not religious.
We remember the people whose lives were stunted and destroyed simply because they dared to exercise their freedom of conscience and leave Islam.
We remember the people whose lives were stunted and destroyed by Islamo-Fascists simply because they were gay.
And we pledge our dedication to the defense of four principles denied by the jihadists and threatened by them:
The right of all people to live in freedom and dignity;
The freedom of the individual conscience: to change religions or have no religion at all;
The equality of dignity of women and men;
And
The right of all people to live free from violence, intimidation, and coercion.
We call upon all campus political, cultural, ethnic and religious groups to stand with us in opposing all forms of religious supremacism, violence and intimidation.