Washington, DC — The International Criminal Court indicted Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir on war crimes charges for the violence committed in Darfur today. It would be the first time the ICC charged a sitting president.

The New York Times on Tuesday carried two op-eds from influential religious leaders on the question as to whether the ICC should issue an arrest warran against President Bashir.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa argues that yes, the ICC should charge Bashir, and he urges African leaders to support the court. Franklin Graham, the son of the legendary American preacher Billy Graham -- who frequently travels to Sudan -- says no, the ICC should not charge Bashir, and that the international community can work with Bashir to end the violence.

The most interesting part of the op-eds is what the two men think about the relationship between peace and justice. For Tutu, the two are intertwined:

"... There can be no real peace and security until justice is enjoyed by the inhabitants of the land. There is no peace precisely because there has been no justice. As painful and inconvenient as justice may be, we have seen that the alternative — allowing accountability to fall by the wayside — is worse."

For Graham, peace is more important:

"I want to see justice served, but my desire for peace in Sudan is stronger. Mr. Bashir, accused of genocide and crimes against humanity, is hardly an ideal peacemaker. But given all the warring factions in Sudan, there is no guarantee that his replacement would be better."