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But, of course, they still bash Jews and hand out antisemitic "literature". We must stop this insanity and the destruction of the world from a death cult.
U.N. to make ban on criticizing Islam mandatory?
Expected proposal would criminalize such comments in U.S.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90736 (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90736)
March 04, 2009 11:40 pm Eastern © 2009 WorldNetDaily
Muslim-dominated nations at the United Nations are once again pushing a religious "anti-defamation" plan that would bar worldwide all criticism of their founder Muhammad and his teaching.
According to a report by CNN's Lou Dobbs posted on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHcwL5S1OSw), the proposal that has been repeatedly brought in recent years by the Organization of Islamic Conference states is expected to resurface as early as this spring.
This time, however, the resolution wouldn't allow nations to opt out.
"The United Nations has adopted what it calls a Resolution to Combat Defamation of Religion," Dobbs said in the report. "The U.N. now wants to make that anti-blasphemy resolution binding on member nations, including, of course, our own. That would make it a crime in the United States ... to criticize religion, in particular, Islam."
Constitutional lawyer Floyd Abrams said in the report, "What they would do would be to make it illegal to put out a movie or write a book or a poem that somebody could say was defamatory of Islam."
WND has reported several times on the OIC proposal at the U.N. (http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83968), including late last year when a vote indicated that international support for the plan was falling.
Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice (http://www.aclj.org/), has assembled a petition opposing the plan that has been signed by more than 400,000 people already. He said the most recent U.N. General Assembly vote – which was 86 in favor, 53 opposed and 42 abstentions – was a dramatic shift from the vote from one year ago, which was 108-51-25.
Because of the circuitous route to adoption in the U.N., a single General Assembly vote does not automatically mean adoption. Nor does it mean the proposal will disappear.
Columnist Chuck Hustmyre (http://www.chuckhustmyre.com/) highlighted some of the practices of nations where Islam already has special protections from criticism.
"Afghanistan and some other OIC member nations impose the death penalty on those who convert from Islam to another religion," he wrote.
The anti-defamation resolutions began with describing the "need" to protect Islam and in recent years has developed into a call for the protection for "religions" from defamation.
However, the only religion specifically cited, in fact, is Islam.
The Muslim nations have sought to have member states enact laws banning such "blasphemy."
The plan expected to be introduced soon, however, will include a recommendation to the U.N. Human Rights Council that the ban be made binding on member nations, the report said.
The need for a mandatory rule was cited by Pakistan's Ambassador Masood Khan, reported Hustmyre, who also cited the apparent implementation of the plan already.
He reported in India, police arrested the editor of an English-language newspaper after it reprinted a British article titled, "Why Should I Respect These Oppressive Religions?"
Newspaper officials were accused of "hurting the religious feelings" of Muslims.
He also reported in the U.S., publisher Random House in 2008 canceled publication plans for a novel, "The Jewel of Medina," because executives feared the book might offend Muslims.
The 57 member nations of the Organization of the Islamic Conference have lobbied for the plan, which is based on the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam, since 1999. The Cairo declaration states "that all rights are subject to Shariah law, and makes Shariah law the only source of reference for human rights."
The ACLJ, in promoting its petition (https://www.aclj.org/petition/Default.aspx?AC=DNE0807017&SC=3359) to raise awareness of the campaign, said, "The fact is this: The proposal, while purportedly to protect against 'defamation of religions,' is frequently used as a weapon to silence religious minorities, including Christians in many countries.
"The resolution actually targets anyone who speaks negatively in any way about Islam. Sharing your faith would become an international crime punishable by imprisonment – or death," the ACLJ said.
Fox News religion contributor Lauren Green previously reported the encroachment of the plan already.
"But you say, 'That can’t happen,' or 'that would be ludicrous.' The fact is, it's already happening. Christians and other minority religions in predominantly Islamic areas or countries are being persecuted to barbaric levels. Reports from Nairobi, Kenya, say that one aid worker was beheaded in September for converting from Islam to Christianity; the Iranian government has already passed a bill calling for execution on the basis of apostasy (anyone converting from Islam to another religion), and of course we've seen the violence that erupted over the Danish cartoon of the prophet Mohammed," Green said.
An ACLJ analysis found the OIC "uses the religious defamation concept as both a shield and a sword. In Islamic countries, blasphemy laws are used as a shield to protect the dominant religion, but even more dangerously, they are used to silence minority religious believers and prevent Muslims from converting to other faiths, which is still a capital crime in many Islamic countries."
The U.S. State Department also has found the proposal unpalatable.
"This resolution is incomplete inasmuch as it fails to address the situation of all religions," said a statement from Leonard Leo. "We believe that such inclusive language would have furthered the objective of promoting religious freedom. We also believe that any resolution on this topic must include mention of the need to change educational systems that promote hatred of other religions, as well as the problem of state-sponsored media that negatively targets any one religion."
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Many people are beginning to look at the U.N. as an arm of moslem league.Many are beginning to take the u.n. with a grain of salt
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Whoever is president in 2012, I hope the first thing they do is withdraw membership from the UN.
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I will never have respect for the un. Its worthless.
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The question is how many self-hating Jews will support this.
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What a crock!!!!!!! I have never respected the UN and hoped and prayed the US would get out of it and tell them to get the heck out of this country. >:( All they do is suck the money out of this country and waste it.
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Chiam once said the U.N. is the most Nazified organization on the planet and now we see he is exactly right, once again! If they propose any kind of anti-free speech resolution, especially against the Nazis of our time, the Islamic Nazis that threaten the free world, the U.S. and all European nations should withdraw from this bastion of political whores immediately, preferably disband it and move its headquarters from the U.S. to Liberia.
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I wonder about laws like this,
If you travel outside USA can they arrest you in another country under the UN law?
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I wonder about laws like this,
If you travel outside USA can they arrest you in another country under the UN law?
Actually, the point of this law is so that it will be in effect IN the USA.
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I wonder about laws like this,
If you travel outside USA can they arrest you in another country under the UN law?
Actually, the point of this law is so that it will be in effect IN the USA.
Oh, that's not good...
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What a crock!!!!!!! I have never respected the UN and hoped and prayed the US would get out of it and tell them to get the heck out of this country. >:( All they do is suck the money out of this country and waste it.
Dawn, notice how the Moslems proposed law excludes other religions from being slandered and criticised?
Moslems are the classic example of truely insane and evil people.
If the Western World does not eradicate or control Islam, everyone is doomed.
Shalom - Dox
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yuck
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The question is how many self-hating Jews will support this.
That is the question. I don't like to think about it.
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I will never have respect for the un. Its worthless.
I will never respect the United Nazis.
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What a crock!!!!!!! I have never respected the UN and hoped and prayed the US would get out of it and tell them to get the heck out of this country. >:( All they do is suck the money out of this country and waste it.
Dawn, notice how the Moslems proposed law excludes other religions from being slandered and criticised?
Moslems are the classic example of truely insane and evil people.
If the Western World does not eradicate or control Islam, everyone is doomed.
Shalom - Dox
Yes Elizabeth! I've noticed that! It's awful and you are right, if people don't start doing something NOW then everyone is doomed, plain and simple. I refuse to tolerate any of their BS EVER.
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On a related note: it is illegal in Sweden to call homosexuality a sexual perversion. Only 40 years ago, this is how it was described in all medical textbooks. But now you can't say it. (I am glad I grew up in the Soviet Union. It has repared me for our brave new world).
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UN must be the place loaded with 72 hoories.
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On a related note: it is illegal in Sweden to call homosexuality a sexual perversion. Only 40 years ago, this is how it was described in all medical textbooks. But now you can't say it. (I am glad I grew up in the Soviet Union. It has repared me for our brave new world).
That is a sad statement of the world we have today. Now they have rebranded communism to embrace Islam, feminism and sexual immorality. The problem is that most of the communists are cowards and will lose very quickly to their Muslims friends if G-d forbid they take over.
The UN building should be converted into a Disney theme park. It would help NYC and help the world to be rid of the UN.
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On a related note: it is illegal in Sweden to call homosexuality a sexual perversion. Only 40 years ago, this is how it was described in all medical textbooks. But now you can't say it. (I am glad I grew up in the Soviet Union. It has repared me for our brave new world).
That is a sad statement of the world we have today. Now they have rebranded communism to embrace Islam, feminism and sexual immorality. The problem is that most of the communists are cowards and will lose very quickly to their Muslims friends if G-d forbid they take over.
The UN building should be converted into a Disney theme park. It would help NYC and help the world to be rid of the UN.
Oh, I was thinking it to be another Disney theme park.