'Hope and prayers' for Muslim students on trial for heckling Israeli ambassador
092011-04
Episcopal News Service Pat McCaughan
Faith and secular leaders join arms in a show of solidarity and support for the "Irvine 11" outside the Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana, California. From the right are the Rev. John Conrad, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, Riverside, California; Kathy Masaoka, chair of the Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress; Hussam Alyoush, executive director of the L.A. Council on American-Islamic Relations; Shakeel Syed, executive director, Islamic Shura Council of Southern California; Mohammed Faqih (background), religious director of the Islamic Institute of Orange County; and the Rev. Wilfredo Benitez, rector of St. Anselm's Episcopal Church, Garden Grove. Credit: Pat McCaughan
