Donnel Jones

The 12 signatories to the “Together facing the new totalitarianism” manifesto are under a death threat.

Their names are: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Chahla Chafiq , Caroline Fourest, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Irshad Manji , Mehdi Mozaffari, Maryam Namazie, Taslima Nasreen, Salman Rushdie, Antoine Sfeir, Philippe Val, and Ibn Warraq.

A second manifesto will be released in support of these 12 brave souls. You can have your name put on it. I just added my own. These brave men and women should not stand alone.

The second letter reads:

I wish to express my unequivocal support for the twelve signatories and my outrage at the Islamist movement’s attack on them. I stand firm with the 12 against this reactionary movement. I join in their call to resist religious totalitarianism and to promote freedom, equal opportunity, human rights and secular values for all.

Let us stand with them. Simply click here to add your voice.

Whatever your politics, for or against the war, for or against American foreign policy, we can at least agree on the need to protect our freedoms. Many of the original signatories have deep criticisms of the U.S., so sign anyway, whatever your stand is.

Courtesy of Andrew Sullivan’s website.

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