WASHINGTON -- American evangelical, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim leaders are calling for an end to U.S. policies that allow torture of prisoners.

American evangelical, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim leaders are calling for an end to U.S. policies that allow torture of prisoners.

Clergy signing the statement of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture include the Rev. Rick Warren, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the Rev. Ted Haggard and Rabbi David Saperstein.

Other signers include former President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel and the head of the Islamic Society of North America.

McCarrick told reporters that torture violates the dignity of people created in God's image.

Fuller Theological Seminary professor Glen Stassen said that when torture is permitted by a country whose leader claims to be Christian, it undermines missionary work and evangelism.

American Baptist Churches, USA

Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends, Stony Run, Md.

American Baptist Churches, USA

Friends Committee on National Legislation

First Congregational Church, Berkeley, Calif.

Islamic Society of North America

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

National Council of Churches

No2Torture

Pax Christi USA

The Presbyterian Church (USA)

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship

Quaker House of Fayetteville, N.C.

Rabbis for Human Rights

Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice

Union for Reform Judaism

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

United Church of Christ

The United Methodist General Board of Church and Society

Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture

World Sikh Council - American Region