I have a Right to Curse any God from Planck's Constant

Tehran, Iran, Sep. 03, 2007 - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour
attends what was billed as a human rights conference in Tehran
Photo Credit: Eye on the UN

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning "defamation of religion" as a human rights violation ¹. Of course, this was introduced by Pakistan as a curb on any speech against Islam. Certainly Muslim states would not want the resolution to be actually used against Muslims who say nasty things about filthy Crusaders and Jews.

Some morons objected to the proposal saying that this could be used to justify curbs on free speech in Muslim countries. Are they living in la-la land? What Muslim countries have free speech? When did any Muslim country permit defamation against Islam?

As long as there are Muslims in the UN, there will be no interest in human rights at the UN. By the way, can you spot anyone in the photo who is truly interested in Human Rights? Hint: no.

Ironically, prohibiting anyone from defaming any religion is itself a human rights violation. I have the right to say Mohammed is a pedophile who screwed little girls, Allah is a piece of crap, and Islam is a fake religion. There, I said it, UN. What are you going to do about it?

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Reuters, U.N. body adopts resolution on religious defamation
A United Nations forum on Thursday passed a resolution condemning "defamation of religion" as a human rights violation, despite wide concerns that it could be used to justify curbs on free speech in Muslim countries.
The U.N. Human Rights Council adopted the non-binding text, proposed by Pakistan on behalf of Islamic states, with a vote of 23 states in favor and 11 against, with 13 abstentions.

Western governments and a broad alliance of activist groups have voiced dismay about the religious defamation text, which adds to recent efforts to broaden the concept of human rights to protect communities of believers rather than individuals.

Pakistan, speaking for the 56-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), said a "delicate balance" had to be struck between freedom of expression and respect for religions.

The resolution said Muslim minorities had faced intolerance, discrimination and acts of violence since the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, including laws and administrative procedures that stigmatize religious followers.

"Defamation of religious is a serious affront to human dignity leading to a restriction on the freedom of their adherents and incitement to religious violence," the adopted text read, adding that "Islam is frequently and wrongly associated with human rights violations and terrorism."

It called on states to ensure that religious places, sites, shrines and symbols are protected, to reinforce laws "to deny impunity" for those exhibiting intolerance of ethnic and religious minorities, and "to take all possible measures to promote tolerance and respect for all religions and beliefs."

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India and Canada also took to the floor of the Geneva-based Council to raise objections to the OIC text. Both said the text looked too narrowly at the discrimination issue.

"It is individuals who have rights, not religions," Ottawa's representative told the body. "Canada believes that to extend (the notion of) defamation beyond its proper scope would jeopardize the fundamental right to freedom of expression, which includes freedom of expression on religious subjects."

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