Christian, Jewish and Muslim religion leaders are cautiously optimistic heading into the brand new yr with a second Trump administration.
This week, Fox Information Digital spoke to leaders from varied religion communities, a lot of whom expressed hope the incoming administration would lead in the suitable path however cautious that President-elect Trump would nonetheless show himself.
“There are some [Jewish] communities that really feel optimistic and optimistic, and there are some communities that really feel extraordinarily involved,” stated New York Metropolis Rabbi Jo David, who has a personal rabbinic observe.
President-elect Trump and a rosary (AP Photograph/Evan Vucci/BrianAJackson by way of iStock)
“I feel there is a combined response, however there is a skeptical optimism,” stated Haris Tarin, vp of coverage and programming on the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
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Lorenzo Sewell, senior pastor at 180 Church in Detroit, stated Trump has the chance to go down as “the best president in historical past” if he performs his playing cards proper. “Solely factor he must do is righteously regulate [the appropriate] sources.”
Samuel Rodriguez is lead pastor at New Season, a distinguished U.S. megachurch, and president of the Nationwide Hispanic Christian Management Convention. He echoed the sense of hope that some religion leaders are feeling trying towards Inauguration Day.Â
A mom and lady fold palms in prayer on a Bible collectively. (iStock)
“I consider we’ll see a stronger emphasis on defending spiritual freedom and making certain that religion communities are empowered to thrive,” Rodriguez stated. “Insurance policies that respect the function of faith-based organizations in society — whether or not they’re feeding the hungry, educating youngsters or advocating for all times — will probably take middle stage. I additionally anticipate an administration that values the contributions of individuals of religion, not as one thing to tolerate however as a necessary cornerstone of our nation.”
With respect to the Jewish group, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the previous chair of the U.S. Fee on Worldwide Non secular Freedom and director of International Social Motion on the Simon Wiesenthal Heart, stated antisemitism, significantly on social media and on school campuses, and the “embrace of the Hamas narrative,” are a high precedence.Â
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An indication on the College of Chicago’s anti-Israel encampment consists of slogans like “Break open the gates, globalize the intifada” and “We are going to honor all our martyrs.” (Joseph A. Wulfsohn/Fox Information Digital)
“We count on and hope for a very totally different strategy on the a part of the incoming administration,” Cooper stated. “We count on that the billions and billions of sanction aid that President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken have given to the terrorist-sponsoring regime in Iran, that is going to return to an finish.”
Cooper additionally stated constructing on and advancing the Abraham Accords, a collection of bilateral agreements on Arab–Israeli normalization between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, can be necessary.
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For Tarin, the most important hope among the many Muslim group, he says, is that there’s not a repeat of the 2020 order by Trump that prevented folks from sure Muslim international locations from coming to the U.S.
“No. 2, the hope is that every one Individuals, together with American Muslims, their civil rights and civil liberties and the problems that they have been advocating for are protected. No. 3, the hope is for a cease-fire and the tip to the battle within the Center East and particularly in Gaza,” Tarin stated.Â
He added that it will be helpful if Trump embraced elements of the Biden administration’s nationwide technique on Islamophobia.Â
Fox Information Digital reached out to the Trump-Vance transition workforce for remark however didn’t obtain a response.
