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Pakistan turns to Interpol after Twitter declines to help manage "anti-Islamic material"  Twitter Blog  May 21, 2012
U.S. Leads Effort to Criminalize Free Speech  Gatestone Institute  May 19, 2012
Western Sharia  National Review Online  May 14, 2012
Muslim states agree to media blitz in fight against Islamophobia  Today's Zaman (Turkey)  April 23, 2012
An Introduction to Danish Culture  Front Page Magazine  April 11, 2012
Jailings for racism on Twitter? Britain's forgotton fight for free speech  The Commentator  March 30, 2012
"Draft resolution "Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence, and violence against persons based on religion or belief""  UN Watch Blog  March 15, 2012
INTERPOL not involved in arrest or deportation of Saudi blogger  Interpol Website  March 13, 2012
Free Speech vs. Islamists: Why the West Is Losing  Pajamas Media  March 12, 2012
Islamic [Insert Pretext Here] Rage  Big Peace  March 5, 2012
NATO: 2 coalition U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan  USA Today  March 1, 2012
Breaking: Afghan National Website Confirms That NATO Agreed to Hold Trial For Those Accused of Koran Burning  Gateway Pundit Blog  February 27, 2012
LP Fellow Ann Snyder Speaks at a Capitol Hill Policy Seminar    February 25, 2012 at 1:07 pm
OIC "Workshops" Speech Crime  Family Security Matters  February 23, 2012
Saudi Blogger Faces Trial for Apostasy  Voice of America  February 21, 2012
Letter from UN's Islamic group to UNHRC President Opposing Panel on Violence Against Gays  UN Watch Blog  February 20, 2012
The Strange Views of Mr. Quraishi and their Disturbing Implications for Free Speech  Faith Freedom Blog  February 17, 2012 at 3:05 pm
The Strange Views of Mr. Quraishi and their Disturbing Implications for Free Speech  Faith Freedom Blog  February 17, 2012
How the West Is Fanning Islamic Extremism  Faith Freedom Blog  February 15, 2012
Shariah's Police?  Center for Security Policy  February 15, 2012
Michael Coren & Tarek Fatah Discuss Blasphemous Tweeter Hamza Kashgari  Blazing Cat Fur Blog  February 15, 2012
Dutch stand up for Saudi Twitter apostate  Radio Netherlands Worldwide  February 14, 2012
The Long Arm of Saudi Blasphemy Laws  National Review Online  February 13, 2012
OIC To Hold Media Workshop To Address Smear Campaign Against Islam  Bernama  February 13, 2012
Interpol accused after journalist arrested over Muhammad tweet  Guardian (UK)  February 11, 2012
Islam and Free Speech: OIC vs. Universal Declaration of Human Rights  Stonegate Institute  February 8, 2012
British Muslims Try to Ban Negative Reporting of Islam  Stonegate Institute  February 7, 2012
Who Defames the Prophet?  Stonegate Institute  February 7, 2012
The OSCE: Yet Another Avenue for Islamists to Control Speech    February 3, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Muslim Firsters and Israel Firsters  Sultan Knish Blog  February 1, 2012
The misguided efforts by UN and others to outlaw blasphemy  New York Post  January 30, 2012
Reporters Without Credibility  Front Page Magazine  January 30, 2012
YouTube Cracks Down on British Freedom  Gates of Vienna Blog  January 30, 2012
Fighting Back Against Lawfare  Front Page Magazine  January 26, 2012
Will An International Blasphemy Law Hurt The Interests Of Muslim Minorities In The United Kingdom?  International Civil Liberties Alliance Blog  January 25, 2012
Fighting for the Truth About Little Rock and Fort Hood  Front Page Magazine  January 24, 2012
OIC concerned about the rise of Islamophobia in western politics  Arab News  January 20, 2012
Islam's OIC: The World's Thought Police  Stonegate Institute  January 20, 2012
OIC: "The Islamophobes Are Too Much For Us"  Gates of Vienna Blog  January 17, 2012
Criminalizing Religious Criticism: UN Resolution Threatens Freedom of Speech  Crosswalk  January 16, 2012
Muslims Attacked!  National Review Online  January 12, 2012
U.S., E.U. Spearhead Islamic Bid To Criminalize Free Speech  Stonegate Institute  January 6, 2012
2011: The Islamic Supremacists Advance  Human Events  December 28, 2011
State Department 'Panders' to Islamists on Free Speech  Family Security Matters  December 23, 2011
U.N. Adopts 'Religious Intolerance' Resolution Championed by Obama Administration  CNS News  December 22, 2011
The Obama Administration's Islamist Whitewashing Campaign  Frontpage Magazine  December 22, 2011
State Department Hosts Conference On Implementing U.N. Freedom of Religion Resolution  Religion Clause Blog  December 19, 2011
A perverse 'process'  New York Post  December 17, 2011
Hillary Clinton suggests Islamic governments fear religious debate  Daily Caller  December 16, 2011
Coddling the 'Islamophobia' Police  Frontpage Magazine  December 15, 2011
Egypt summons Dutch ambassador over MP's anti-Islamic statements  Ahram Online  December 14, 2011
Islamic World Tells Clinton: Defamation of Islam Must be Prevented - - in America  American Thinker  December 14, 2011
Update on State Department-OIC Conference in DC: "The Istanbul Process"    December 13, 2011 at 7:37 pm
Criminalizing intolerance  Los Angeles Times  December 13, 2011
Islamic governments push for speech curbs in the US  Daily Caller  December 13, 2011
D.C. Islamophobia Conference Was a Bad Idea  National Review Online  December 13, 2011
Obama Administration Welcoming Islamic Group to Washington for Discussion on 'Tolerance'  CNS News  December 12, 2011
Why is the Obama Administration Giving the OIC a Say in Our Right to Free Speech?    December 10, 2011 at 2:27 pm
Criticism of Islam Could Soon be a Crime in America  Family Security Matters  December 9, 2011
The End of Religious Freedom  Pajamas Media  December 8, 2011
Europe's radical right focuses on fighting Islam  Google  December 8, 2011
What About Moderate Muslims?  Frontpage Magazine  December 8, 2011
The State Department vs. Free Speech  Wall Street Journal  December 5, 2011
The United Nations: The Devil's Jury  Hudson NY  November 29, 2011
A Brief History of the Transatlantic Counterjihad, Part III(b)  Gates of Vienna  November 29, 2011
Facing the Truth About Islam  Frontpage Magazine  November 18, 2011
Complaint against Wilders goes to UN  Radio Netherlands  November 18, 2011
Has the OSCE Succumbed to Shariah? An Interview with Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff  New English Review  November 17, 2011
The Case for Banning Sharia Law in America  American Thinker  November 14, 2011
Free Speech Concerns Ahead of Meeting With Muslim Nations on Religious Tolerance  Frontpage Magazine  November 14, 2011
'Silenced' Authors: Sharia Proponents Suppressing Our Right to Free Speech  Big Peace  November 14, 2011
OSCE: The murky waters of political correctness  Europe News Blog  November 14, 2011
OSCE Meeting in Vienna: When good intentions go bad  Europe News Blog  November 11, 2011
Blasphemy not a crime: UN official  The Jakarta Post  November 11, 2011
The OSCE Fights Racism and Xenophobia in Vienna  Gates of Vienna  November 11, 2011
Seeing Real Life Sharia In Action (Part III)  Big Peace  November 9, 2011
Seeing Real Life Sharia In Action (Part II)  Big Peace  November 8, 2011
Firebombing Free Speech In Paris  Frontpage Magazine  November 3, 2011
Ezra Levant and Nina Shea: Suppresion of Free Speech by the OIC  Gates of Vienna  November 2, 2011
The End of Freedom of Expression in Europe  Gates of Vienna  October 31, 2011
Combating defamation of religions: Report of the Secretary-General    October 17, 2011
Explaining Saudi Censorship  The Source  September 20, 2011
'We Shall Never Forget'--a 9/11 Coloring Book--Commits Thoughtcrime  Human Events  September 6, 2011
The Administration Takes on 'Islamophobia'  National Review Online  September 1, 2011
ESW: Europe is Changing, Part 2  Gates of Vienna  September 1, 2011
The Breivik Portfolio, Part Three: The OIC Connection  Gates of Vienna  August 23, 2011
Whitewash in the White House  Gates of Vienna  August 18, 2011
United Nations Affirms the Human Right to Blaspheme  Religion Dispatches  August 12, 2011
Why Clinton skirted the Anti-Semitism issue at the OIC—a theory  Capital J Blog  August 10, 2011
US State Department to coordinate measures against "religious defamation"  Hot Air  August 6, 2011
The OIC Calls the Shots  Gates of Vienna  August 3, 2011
OIC/Islamophobia: OIC Observatory warned since 2009 against the growth of the extreme right in Europe, Washington plans to host a meeting on resolution opposing defamation of religions  International Islamic News Agency  August 2, 2011
Freedom from Islam  National Review Online  July 26, 2011
The Cartoonphobia War Goes On  Frontpage  July 23, 2011
New Name, Same Old Focus for Islamic Bloc  CNS News  July 1, 2011
Geert Wilders Acquitted  National Review Online  June 23, 2011
To fight the xenophobic populists, we need more free speech, not less  Guardian  May 13, 2011
Tajikistan urges UN to try to stop republication of Muhammad cartoons  Interfax  May 6, 2011
UN could move to target criticism of Islam as 'hate speech'  Catholic News Agency  May 6, 2011
Re: The OIC vs. Freedom of Expression  National Review Online  April 13, 2011
The OIC vs. Freedom of Expression  National Review Online  April 7, 2011
Ban Ki-moon condemns desecration of Quran  Pakistan Dawn  April 6, 2011
Pakistan: Christian man goes into hiding when told 'convert or die'  Spero News  April 6, 2011
Free Speech in a Non Free World  Family Security Matters  April 6, 2011
"Uncontrollable" Muslim Violence: The Latest Excuse  Canada Free Press  April 5, 2011
Afghan police arrest suspected mastermind of UN attack  Globe and Mail  April 1, 2011
'Ten UN workers killed' at Afghan Koran protest  Yahoo News  April 1, 2011
Pakistani Minister calls on Interpol and the Pope to condemn Florida Koran burning  Asia News  March 31, 2011
An Anti-Blasphemy Measure Laid to Rest  National Review Online  March 31, 2011
UN rights body ditches call to condemn religious 'defamation,' focuses on freedom of belief  Washington Post  March 25, 2011
BA passes resolution against desecration of the Holy Quran  Associated Press of Pakistan  March 24, 2011
Infamous Anti-Blasphemy Resolution Doomed by Bhatti Assassination  National Review Online  March 18, 2011
How the U.N. Encourages Religious Murder  The Wall Street Journal  February 14, 2011
The OIC's Double Standard  National Review Online  January 17, 2011
Lessons From Denmark    December 31, 2010 at 1:01 pm
U.N. Passes Religious 'Defamation' Resolution Sponsored by Islamic Nations, But Support Dwindles  CNS News  December 22, 2010
The Dangerous Idea of Protecting Religions from "Defamation"  United States Commission on International Religious Freedom  Fall 2009
"Defamation of Religions" Resolution Breakdown (3/25/10)    April 1, 2010
A Silver Lining at the Human Rights Council    March 26, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Combatting Defamation of Religions: U.S. Explanation of Vote  United States Mission Geneva  March 25, 2010
No to an international blasphemy law  The Guardian  March 25, 2010
Human Rights Council adopts resolutions on social forum and ad hoc committee on elaboration of complementary standards  United Nations Human Rights  March 25, 2010
UN council targets Swiss anti-minaret vote  swissinfo.ch  March 25, 2010
Human Rights Council discusses racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance  Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights  March 23, 2010
Strains Emerging on "Defamation of Religion" Ahead of Important Vote  UN Watch  March 23, 2010
IHEU Statement on "Restrictions on and defamation of religion"  International Ethical and Humanist Union  March 23, 2010
OIC Slams 'Demonic' Portrayal of Islam, But Support for Religious 'Defamation' Measures Continues to Erode  CNSNews.com  December 21, 2009
Support lower for U.N. text on religion defamation  Reuters  December 18, 2009
Poll finds strong support for right to criticise religion  Christian Today  November 23, 2009
Bid for blasphemy ban: Wrong tack on religion  The Chronicle-Herald  November 23, 2009
Review: The Cartoons that Shook the World, by Jytte Klausen Cartoon logic  The Globe and Mail  November 23, 2009
AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban  Yahoo! News Asia  November 20, 2009
Support for UN religious defamation rule drops  MediaWatchWatch.org.uk  November 16, 2009
Islamic Nations Seek Legally Binding Way to Counter Religious 'Defamation'  CNSNews.com  November 16, 2009
Support drops for UN resolution on religious defamation  The National  November 14, 2009
Legal Project Part of Chorus of Opposition to UN Resolutions Banning Defamation of Religion    November 12, 2009
The Dangerous Idea of Protecting Religions from "Defamation"  United States Commission on International Religious Freedom  November 11, 2009
How the Recent UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Freedom of Speech Exemplifies the Dangers of Authoritarian Regimes' Influence over International Human Rights Law  The Volokh Conspiracy  November 1, 2009
Troubling Signals On Free Speech  National Journal Magazine  October 31, 2009
Stuart Taylor on Obama Administration's Endorsement of Restricting "Advocacy of Religious Hatred That Constitutes Incitement to Hostility"  The Volokh Conspiracy  October 30, 2009
Clinton Denounces Proposed 'Defamation of Religions' Policies  The Christian Post  October 27, 2009
Islamic countries push a global 'blasphemy' law  The Christian Science Monitor  October 27, 2009
Nigeria: Country, OIC, Move Against Religious Defamation  allAfrica.com  October 23, 2009
Just say no to blasphemy laws  USA Today  October 19, 2009
Obama's Resolution to Stifle Free Speech on Islam  FrontPage Magazine  October 16, 2009
Wake Up America Agenda 2.0 Agenda    October 15, 2009
Freedom Experts Criticize U.N. Anti-Blasphemy Resolution  Christian Post  October 9, 2009
Obama Declares War on Free Speech  Human Events.com  October 8, 2009
UN rights body approves US-Egypt free speech text  The Washington Post  October 5, 2009
You Can't Say That  The Weekly Standard  October 5, 2009
US Tries to Break 'Religious Defamation' vs. Free Speech Deadlock at UN  CNSNews.com  October 5, 2009
U.S. co-sponsors anti-free speech resolution at the UN  Jihad Watch  October 3, 2009
Globally Managing American Speech?  The Volokh Conspiracy  October 2, 2009
Is the Obama Administration Supporting Calls to Outlaw Supposed Hate Speech?  The Volokh Conspiracy  October 1, 2009
FIRE's Exclusive Interview with Flemming Rose, Editor Behind Censored Mohammed Cartoons  Foundation for Individual Rights in Education  September 30, 2009
Revised Draft Resolution on Freedom of Opinion and Expression    September 30, 2009
Freedom of Expression on trial again at the UN  International Ethical and Humanist Union  September 26, 2009
U.S., Jewish 'Conspiracy' and 'Islamophobia' Blamed for Arab's Defeat in U.N. Election  CNSNews.com  September 24, 2009
Draft Text: Freedom of Opinion and Expression    September 23, 2009
Is 'Islamophobia' a Worldwide Free Speech Threat?  CBN News  September 15, 2009
Free speech wins huge victory in Canada  Jihad Watch  September 2, 2009
OIC censors video game depicting Muhammad  Creeping Sharia.com  August 27, 2009
Islamist-Friendly Self-Censorship in the United States Marches On    August 14, 2009 at 1:57 pm
"Legal Jihad": How Islamist Lawfare Tactics Are Targeting Free Speech  ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law  Spring 2009
States Attack Human Rights Experts at UN Rights Body  Article 19  June 12, 2009
UN free speech rapporteur told to watch his mouth  MediaWatchWatch.org.uk  June 8, 2009
Squelching free speech  The Press-Enterprise  June 7, 2009
Islamic representatives threaten freedom of speech expert at UN  National Secular Society  June 5, 2009
Islamic states clash with UN expert on free speech  Earth Times  June 3, 2009
Denying Reform at the UN Human Rights Council  FrontPageMagazine.com  June 3, 2009
Legal jihad in Europe  Washington Times  May 24, 2009
International Lawfare vs. Freedom of Speech  Steel on Steel Radio  May 23, 2009
Inhuman Rights  City Journal  Spring 2009
'Lawfare' gains ground  The Washington Times  May 19, 2009
No Free Speech for Them  Human Events.com  May 14, 2009
Lawfare: How Radical Islam Seeks to Silence its Critics  NewMajority.com  May 14, 2009
What Does Freedom of the Press Mean to the OIC?  Gates of Vienna  May 3, 2009
'Defamation of religion' not racism: UN experts  National Post  April 22, 2009
UN rights conference an absurd failure  The Montreal Gazette  April 21, 2009
Your Freedom of Speech Ends at My Religion  National Review Online  April 21, 2009
Another Long March Through The UN  The Weekly Standard  April 16, 2009
Islamic Bloc Wants to Set Up its Own Human Rights Body  CNSNews.com  April 13, 2009
Durban II Update  National Review Online  April 7, 2009
UN: Speak No Ill Of Islam… Or Else  Canada Free Press  April 3, 2009
The UN's Jihad Against Free Speech  FrontPage Magazine  April 3, 2009
Obama Joins Human-Rights Charade  National Review Online  April 2, 2009
UN Watch urges U.S. to use U.N. rights council membership to confront Orwellian agenda of world's worst abusers  UN Watch  March 31, 2009
The new threat to freedom of expression  The Christian Science Monitor  March 30, 2009
The Human Rights Council Subverts Human Rights Once More    March 27, 2009 at 12:09 am
U.N. body adopts resolution on religious defamation  Reuters India  March 27, 2009
EDITORIAL: The U.N. tackles religion  Washington Times  March 27, 2009
UN body OKs call to curb religious criticism  Google News  March 26, 2009
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Forms of Intolerance, Follow-up to and Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action    March 26, 2009
U.N. urged to reject bar on defamation of religion  Reuters  March 25, 2009
Islamic States Push to Criminalize 'Defamation of Islam'  American Thinker  March 25, 2009
United Nations: Discrimination - Criticism of Israel and Religions Dropped from Racism Conference Agenda  Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor  March 19, 2009
Rolling text based on the revised version of the technically reviewed text [Regarding the Durban II Conference]    March 17, 2009
Will Obama embrace Shariah as part of his 'respect Islam' campaign?  Jewish World Review  March 17, 2009
Islamic states: Criminalize defamation of Islam  The Jerusalem Post  March 12, 2009
Proposal at U.N. to criminalize 'defamation of Islam'  UN Watch  March 11, 2009
Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/10/L.. Combating Defamation of Religions    March 11, 2009
Push to criminalise criticism of Islam  The Australian  March 9, 2009
U.N. to make ban on criticizing Islam mandatory?  WorldNetDaily  March 4, 2009
Don't Say a Word  Slate  March 2, 2009
Islam and Free Speech  The American Spectator  March 1, 2009
Revised version of the technically reviewed text [Regarding the Durban II Conference]    February 26, 2009
A free speech killer    February 2, 2009
The OIC and the Universality of Human Rights    January 12, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Don't link Islam to terror, Islamic chief urges  Reuters  December 19, 2008
Rights experts attack Islam defamation drive at UN  Reuters  December 17, 2008
Joint Declaration on Defamation of Religions, and Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Extremism Legislation    December 10, 2008
Stop Using the Word 'Islam' in Reports on Terrorism, Islamic Bloc Says  CNSNews.com  December 4, 2008
The United Islamist Nations  The American Spectator  December 4, 2008
UN anti-blasphemy measures have sinister goals, observers say  Canada.com  November 24, 2008
"Islamophobia" and the Silencing of Dissent  ASMEA  October 5, 2008
British libel laws violate human rights, says UN  The Guardian  August 14, 2008
Jihad Against Freedom of Speech at the United Nations  Counterterrorism Blog  June 19, 2008
The European Center for Law and Justice Submits Crucial Report to the UN about Freedom of Speech    June 2008
Vote on freedom of expression marks the end of Universal Human Rights  International Ethical and Humanist Union  March 30, 2008
Muslim Nations: Defame Islam, Get Sued?  Associated Press  March 14, 2008

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