Global religious leaders jointly condemned violence committed in God’s name

Evidence

In an interfaith meeting for peace hosted by Pope Benedict XVI, religious leaders from around the world—Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Taoists, Shintoists, and Buddhists—condemned violence and terrorism committed in God’s name (Pullella, 2011). The pope acknowledged “with great shame” that over the ages Christianity had justified violence as divinely mandated. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2231