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Interfaith Alliance, a leading national advocate for religious freedom and civil rights, today condemned the comments made by US Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) at a campaign rally on Wednesday, where he attacked Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim, saying he “can be nowhere near Washington, DC” in part because he does not understand that “Jesus came here for our salvation.
As a leading national advocate for religious freedom and civil rights, Interfaith Alliance is deeply alarmed by the intensifying atmosphere of censorship and aggressive crackdown on free speech that is unfolding in the United States. In the wake of the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk, the organization is appalled by the proliferation of political violence and violent threats, as well as by blatantly authoritarian efforts to silence a wide range of legitimate constitutionally-protected speech and activism.
On February 10, 2025, Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush - president and CEO of Interfaith Alliance - appeared on CNN discussing Trump's creation of a task force to investigate the federal government's "targeting" of Christians.