By Peace for Life
The Working Group members and program teams of Peace for Life (PFL) has gathered here in Nairobi Kenya 8 to 10 April 2015 at a time when Kenya is in mourning for her 148 people who were mercilessly massacred my members of Al-Shabbab terror Group for the sole reason of being Christians. We are Muslims and Christians from Kenya, Zambia, Philippines, South Korea, Tanzania and India representing social movements around the world.
We join the Kenyan people who aspire for sustainable peace, conveying a strong message of solidarity to all who are directly affected by the Garissa massacre.
We, strongly condemn this act of terror, seeking to discern the root causes and searching for true means and ways of making true peace in Kenya and in the world.
We lament the loss of young innocent lives; pray for healing for all survivors of these violent acts of terror. We stand in deep sympathy with all the parents and relatives of the young students and workers and their families and friends.
We call upon all peace loving Muslims and Christians to stand together in a unified response that rejects acts of terror in the name of religion and to increase all efforts in working together for justice and peace in Kenya in seeking peaceful means to resolve conflict.
We urge the Kenyan government and international organisations to ensure the safety of all citizens by not engaging in further violent responses to this terror attack, and engage in peace building with all Kenyan people and with all people of the world struggling for peace. Peace is essential for social transformation, and for the attainment of dignity and rights for all people.
Peace for Life is a faith-based peace and justice movement and forum engaged in building interfaith solidarity and mobilising the power of spirituality for the struggle against life threatening forces of the empire.
April 10 2015