change language
you are in: home - news newslettercontact uslink

Support the Community

  
June 24 2014

From the Islamic world a strong no to the death penalty

Marco Impagliazzo, the president of the Community of Sant'Egidio, expressed his appreciation for the position taken by Nadhlatul Ulama, the largest Islamic organisation in the world, which condemns the death penalty, defined as "contrary to human rights"

 
printable version

The president of the Community of Sant'Egidio, Professor Marco Impagliazzo, expressed his deepest appreciation for the position taken against the death penalty by Nahdlatul Ulama, one of the largest independent Islamic organizations in the world, which is based in Indonesia and represents more than 30 million people.

"Nahdlatul Ulama - said Impagliazzo - stated publicly that the death penalty contradicts the values of human rights, and joins the battle of the Community of Sant'Egidio for a moratorium on death sentences. I willingly express my appreciation for this important position that significantly widens the front of those calling for the abandonment of this inhumane and cruel practice".

"The struggle for a world without the death penalty goes beyond the political, religious and cultural boundaries, and the strong 'no' that comes from the Islamic world today encourages all of us - president Impagliazzo added remembering the next appointment at the United Nations General Assembly that will vote on the moratorium next autumn. "Executions - said Marco Impagliazzo - are the easy answer to the fears of an insecure world; while the best response to the insecurity of our time is peace".

Rome, 24 June 2014


 ALSO READ
• NEWS
December 25 2017

Merry Christmas from the Community of Sant'Egidio!

IT | EN | ES | DE | FR | PT | CA | NL | RU
October 19 2017

THANKS to all those who signed the appeal for Anthony Shore: his execution was stopped tonight. Let's keep signing the appeal

IT | EN | DE
October 10 2017

On 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty let us visit the poorest convicts in Africa

IT | EN | DE | ID
October 9 2017
ROME, ITALY

Dialogue among religions and commitment to refugees in the talks with the Foreign Minister of Indonesia at Sant'Egidio

IT | EN | NL | ID
October 9 2017
ROME, ITALY

German President Steinmeier visits the Community of Sant'Egidio: ''make the world a peaceful place''

IT | EN | DE | ID
September 9 2017

Marco Impagliazzo: Let's open Paths of Peace in Europe and in the world. #pathsofpeace - VIDEO

IT | EN | ES | NL
all the news
• PRESS
February 27 2018
Vatican Insider

Corridoi umanitari, 114 profughi dall’Etiopia. Galantino: no allo sciacallaggio politico

February 27 2018
Avvenire

Cei. Atterrati a Roma 113 profughi. «La cooperazione fra istituzioni fa miracoli»

February 27 2018
Agenzia SIR

Corridoi umanitari: Impagliazzo (Comunità Sant’Egidio), “polemiche politiche finiranno ma il futuro è nell’integrazione”

February 26 2018
Avvenire

Emergenza freddo. Rifugi e parrocchie aperte ai senza dimora

February 24 2018
Vatican Insider

Maltempo, Sant’Egidio: non lasciamo soli i senza dimora

February 24 2018
Il Sole 24 ore

Emergenza freddo, S. Egidio: non lasciamo soli i senza dimora

the entire press review
• EVENTS
January 18 2018 | ROME, ITALY

'Siamo qui, siamo vivi. Il diario inedito di Alfredo Sarano e della famiglia scampati alla Shoah'. Colloquio sul libro

ALL PRAYER MEETINGS FOR PEACE
• NO DEATH PENALTY
September 24 2015

Pope Francis calls on Congress to end the death penalty. "Every life is sacred", he said

March 12 2015
Associated Press

Death penalty: a look at how some US states handle execution drug shortage

March 9 2015
AFP

Peine de mort en Indonésie: la justice va étudier un appel des deux trafiquants australiens

March 5 2015
Associated Press

Nitrogen gas executions approved by Oklahoma House

February 28 2015
AP

US Supreme Court won't lift stay in Florida execution

February 28 2015
Reuters

Australian PM strikes conciliatory note over Indonesia executions

February 25 2015
Reuters

Saudi court gives death penalty to man who renounced his Muslim faith

February 15 2015

Archbishop Chaput applauds Penn. governor for halt to death penalty

go to no death penalty
• DOCUMENTS

Speech of Marco Impagliazzo at the UN Security Council on the situation in the Central African Republic

all documents