UN keeps on with its jihad against free speech
Published by Avi Green on Friday, April 03, 2009 at 5:56 AM.
Robert Spencer writes that the UN, the organization that should've been abandoned long ago, is continuing with its assault on free speech:
In a crushing blow to the freedom of speech worldwide, the United Nations Human Rights Council last Thursday approved a resolution calling upon member states to provide legal “protection against acts of hatred, discrimination, intimidation and coercion resulting from defamation of religions and incitement to religious hatred in general.”In response to this, I would suggest a t-shirt reaction, calling for getting the UN out of any country that values free speech and abhors Islamofascism. Or, give out flyers everywhere telling about why the UN is corrupt and should be shunned. Has anyone considered doing something like that yet?
While the resolution speaks of religion in general, the proposal came from Pakistan and had the backing of the powerful 57-government Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the UN’s largest voting bloc – so it was clear that Islam was the only religion the drafters of the resolution had in mind. This is underscored by the fact that Muslim states have worked energetically to make “Islamophobia” the focus of Durban II -- the UN’s upcoming second World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. A draft declaration declares that “defamation of Islam” should be a criminal offense, even when it takes place under the “pretext” of “freedom of expression, counter terrorism or national security.”
In other words, if the OIC and the drafters of the Durban declaration get their way, any honest examination of how jihadists use Islamic texts and teachings to make recruits will be illegal. So not only does this herald the death of free speech, but it also leaves us mute and defenseless before the advancing global jihad.
Labels: islam, UN corruption
