WASHINGTON (RNS) An unusually broad coalition of Jewish, Muslim, Catholic and evangelical groups has come together to urge intervention by the United States and the United Nations in war-torn Sudan.

The Save Darfur Coalition is comprised of more than 70 religious and humanitarian organizations, a sign that the growing crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan has united groups across religious and ideological lines.

“We must not wait for a legal determination of ‘genocide’ to ensure a massive worldwide humanitarian response and call to end the violence and investigate crimes against humanity,” the coalition said in a “unity statement” released Aug. 3.

Supporters include the four major streams of American Judaism, the Armenian Church in America, the National Council of Churches, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, men’s and women’s Catholic religious orders, the National Association of Evangelicals, Lutheran World Relief and Soka Gakkai International USA Buddhist Association, among others.