ELECTIONS / RELIGION

Religious leaders: Prayer event focused on election-year peace

Clergy say they're praying for fairness, safety, secure process

Imam Mufti Didmar Faja, chair of the Imams Council of Arizona, said at Sunday’s interfaith event that voter safety is a huge concern in 2024. While some pastors at the event said they’ll continue to encourage legislation that helps protect voter rights and helps make elections more secure, the main objective was to maintain voter safety and to discourage violence, intimidation or hateful speech as the 2024 election cycle moves along.

Independent Newsmedia/Jason W. Brooks

PHOENIX — Pastors and ministers are concerned about 2024. Some are concerned about 2023.

Several such clergy spoke Sunday at a one-time interfaith event in Downtown Phoenix focused on a topic churches have historically not spoken often about publicly: elections.

Sunday’s event — called the “Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Secure, Fair and Safe Elections” — was organized and held at the First Institutional Baptist Church to promote peace during the upcoming election year.

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