Religious Leaders Unite for Faith and Freedom
The Universal Peace Federation, USA-DC Office has participated the Religious Freedom Prayer Luncheon, “Peace Starts With Me” Alliance with the FFWPU-Capital Family Church and ACLC on Thursday, October 16 at 11 am – 2 pm at The Beech Room, The Washington Times building. Despite receiving a very short notice of only a week, 40 faith leaders and community leaders attended the prayer program.
Dr. Achile Acolatse, the Director of the Southeast Region and the Senior Pastor, said it is an urgent wake-up call that our faith and UPF Ambassadors for Peace leaders must get together. Let us pray for the end of religious persecution, especially against Christian communities in South Korea. Mother Moon was among those who were unfairly indicted and is currently in detention, along with other Christian leaders.
Dr. Achile Acolatse said in his remarks.
“Mother of Peace is in a detention center and other pastors and clergy are also being detained for expressing the freedom of speech and religion.
These are not distant problems — they are serious problems of our age. And they call each one of us to respond. Let’s offer a sacred devotion to Heaven, asking God to guide us in how we can protect this precious gift of religious freedom.”
Dr. Michael Jenkins, President of the UPF-North America; He quoted from the article of The Washington Times printed on Friday, October 10, 2025:
Mother Han, 82, is the co-founder and spiritual leader of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, a movement with millions of followers worldwide. She has spent decades promoting peace, interfaith dialogue, and humanitarian cooperation. Her arrest and now formal indictment are not just attacks on her person—they are attacks on religious liberty, on democratic norms, and on the very idea that faith can coexist with dissent.
Among other faith leaders prayed for immediate release all Christian leaders from the detention by Bishop Keith Allen, Senior Rehoboth Church in Christ Jesus Apostolic, Baltimore; Bishop John Watts, Kingdom Life Church, MD; Bishop Richard Mosley; Imam Qadir Abdus-Salaam, The Nation’s Mosque; Dr. Surinder Sigh Gill, Sikhs of USA – Sikhism, and Anila Ali – representing Islam.
By calling for action; Dr. Surender Gill invited the program guests to the Sikh Temple on Sunday, and the High Priest of the Sikh Temple offered a special prayer for Mother Moon during her message.
Imam Talib M. Shareef, The Nation’s Mosque wrote a special heartfelt supporting letter to Mother Moon and Anila Ali created a Press Release. (See attached the Power Pint)
With a sacred purpose, we came together with one heart, one voice, and one will, and raised our voices in unison. We come together for the cause of religious liberty, which is not granted by governments but by God Himself.