Islam - detta samhällsgift….
Ett forum i FN i dag antagit en resolution som fördömer förtal av religion som en kränkning av de mänskliga rättigheterna och det finns en utbredd oro att det skulle kunna användas för att motivera censur och inskränkningar i yttrandefriheten i muslimska länder.
FN:s råd för mänskliga rättigheter antog den icke-bindande resolution, föreslagen av Pakistan för muslimska stater, med stöd från 23 länder, medan 11 röstade emot.
13 avstod från att rösta. Västvärldens regeringar och en bred allians av aktivistiska grupper har uttryckt skepsis om initiativet.
Tidigare i veckan uppmanade 180 sekulära och religiösa grupper och media organisationer från hela världen till ett förkastande av den resolution, som de tror kommer att missbrukas i vissa länder för att tysta oberoende röster, religiösa oliktänkande och människorättsaktivister.
UN body OKs call to curb religious criticism
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human-rights body approved a proposal backed by Muslims nations Thursday urging the passage of laws around the world protecting religion from criticism.
The proposal by Pakistan had drawn strong criticism from free-speech campaigners and liberal democracies.
A simple majority of 23 members of the 47-nation Human Rights Council voted in favor of the resolution. Eleven mostly Western nations opposed it and 13 countries abstained.
The resolution urges states to provide “protection against acts of hatred, discrimination, intimidation and coercion resulting from defamation of religions and incitement to religious hatred in general.”
“It is individuals who have rights and not religions,” said Canadian diplomat Terry Cormier. Canada’s criticism was echoed by European Union countries, all of which voted against the proposal.
The council is dominated by Muslim and African countries. Muslim nations have argued that religions, in particular Islam, must be shielded from criticism in the media and other areas of public life. They cited cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad as an example of unacceptable free speech.
“Islam is frequently and wrongly associated with human rights violations and terrorism,” the resolution said.
AP 2009-03-26
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UN passes resolution calling for criminalization of criticism of Islam
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CFI Condemns United Nations Resolution on "Defamation of Religions"
The United Nations Human Rights Council has handed another victory to Islamic states in their decade-long push to limit freedom of expression out of "respect" for religious beliefs.
A new Council resolution decries a "campaign of defamation of religions" in which "the media" and "extremist organizations" are "perpetuating stereotypes about certain religions and sacred persons," and urges UN member states to provide redress "within their respective legal and constitutional systems." Capitalizing on concerns about racial profiling and discrimination in the era of the war on terror, the language conflates criticism of Islam with anti-Muslim bigotry and seeks to stifle peaceful speech in the name of "dialogue" and "diversity."
Similar resolutions have been passed at the Council since 1999 and by the General Assembly since 2005. The resolution passed with 23 in favor, 11 against, and 13 abstentions, gaining one additional no vote since the last time it was adopted by the Council.
"The concept of 'defamation of religions' is both absurd and dangerous." said Ronald A. Lindsay, CFI's president and chief executive officer. "Legally speaking, it's gibberish, and any ban on so-called 'defamation' would effectively prevent any critique of religious beliefs or practices."
In the opinion of a broad range of civil society organizations, these pronouncements do nothing but lend legitimacy to the repression of political and religious dissent around the world, particularly in Islamic countries. Pakistan's blasphemy laws, for example, which carry mandatory sentences of death or life imprisonment, are frequently used against members of the Ahmaddiya community, a peaceful minority Muslim sect.
Through its UN representative, Dr. Austin Dacey, CFI participated in the negotiations over the resolution during the March session of the Council in Geneva, and delivered an oral statement before the plenary meeting on March 24. Most worrisome, according to CFI, is that the present language equates religiously insulting speech with "advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence," a category of speech that is prohibited by existing treaties such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which have the force of law.
"Now the argument becomes very awkward for Europe," said Dacey, "since many European states have laws against hate speech, Holocaust denial, and even blasphemy (for example, in Austria) that have been upheld by their regional human rights courts. The Islamic states will say they simply want to extend the same protection to all beliefs."
The Center for Inquiry has submitted a written briefing to the Tenth Session of the Human Rights Council detailing a reading of the case law that separates criticism, satire, and insult from incitement
According to a proclamation put forth to the United Nations’ General Assembly, the world is suffering from an acute case of “Islamophobia”. As described in an introduction letter detailing resolution 62/154:
In recent years, this phenomenon has assumed serious proportions and has become a major cause of concern for the Muslim world. As a result of this rising trend, Muslims, in the West in particular, are being stereotyped, profiled, and subjected to different forms of discriminatory treatment. The most sacred symbols of Islam are being defiled and denigrated in an insulting, offensive, and contemptuous manner to incite hatred and unrest in society. While Islam as the religion of peace and tolerance, affirms moderation and balance and rejects all forms of extremism and terrorism, the proponents of Islamophobia continue their campaign in defaming Islam and Muslins.
AOL News 2009-03-03
U.N. urged to reject bar on defamation of religion
GENEVA (Reuters) - Some 200 secular, religious and media groups from around the world on Wednesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to reject a call from Islamic countries for a global fight against “defamation of religion.”
The groups, including some Muslim bodies, issued their appeal in a statement on the eve of a vote in the Council in Geneva on a resolution proposed by the 56-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
Reuters 2009-03-25
The Islamic-sponsored protocol to ban criticism of religion under the international racism convention
Algerian ambassador Idriss Al-Jazairy, as head of the U.N.'s "Ad Hoc Committe on Complementary Standards," has drafted an additional protocol to amend the International Covenant on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). At first glance, the text speaks only of stopping "incitement," and of seeking to protect freedom of religion, cleverly using the existing legal terminology of the ICCPR and the ICERD.
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http://politisktinkorrekt.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/fns-rad-for-manskliga-rattigheter-antog-icke-bindande-resolution-som-fordomerforbjuder-religionskritik-islam/
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