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Islamic states: Criminalize defamation of Islam
by Maya Spitzer https://www.legal-project.org/213/islamic-states-criminalize-defamation-of-islam Excerpt: The Islamic states circulated a new resolution at the current session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday that would criminalize defamation of Islam as ahuman rights violation and encourage the imposition of Shari'a. According to the nonbinding governmental resolution, titled "Combating Defamation of Religions," anything deemed insulting to Islamic sensitivities would be banned as a "serious affront to human dignity" and a blatant violation of religious freedom. The resolution would attempt to influence "local, national, regional and internationallevels" to incorporate such guarantees of this perceived freedom in their "legal and constitutional systems." "It is a covert package coordinated by Pakistan against the West," said Leon Saltiel, director of communications at the Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch, on Thursday. "They think there is too much liberty and freedom of expression in the Western world, which therefore defames religion." Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: United Nations receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of The Legal Project. |
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