Salaam Alaikum!

As the Nashua Area Interfaith Council, we are committed to acts of love in service to one another. We are heartbroken and outraged over the events perpetrated this month at the Islamic Society of Greater Nashua on the 15th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001.

Our sisters and brothers in Nashua have the right to gather and worship together in peace in their communities. Those who violate this peace – no matter their intentions – injure our foundation as an organization whose intent is to create a climate of understanding, respect, education and support for each other’s ministries within the Greater Nashua community.

These actions are antithetical to the values and fabric upon which this nation was founded – that all are created equal and have the unalienable right given by our creator to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

As you continue from the festival of Eid al-Adha – filled with blessings and a renewed spirit of devotion – know, dear sisters and brothers, that we stand in solidarity with you as the communities of the Nashua Area Interfaith Council.

We are blessed that you are with us here in Nashua, and we support your ministry in our shared city.

May the never-failing mercies of God be with you always.

The Rev. Alanna M. Van Antwerpen

on behalf of the Nashua Area Interfaith Council

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