UN could move to target criticism of Islam as 'hate speech'

by Benjamin Mann
Catholic News Agency
May 6, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1380/un-could-move-to-target-criticism-of-islam-as

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Washington D.C., May 5, 2011 / 05:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Muslim countries may seek a United Nations resolution that would brand criticism of Islam and other religions as "hate speech," a top U.S. religious freedom official is warning.

Earlier this year, Islamic nations lost their most recent bid to pass a resolution against "defamation" of "vilification" of religions in the U.N. Human Rights Council. Now they appear to be pursing a new tactic, said Leonard Leo, a presidential appointee who chairs the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

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