What is Freedom without Freedom of Speech?
The U.N. is sick. The U.N. body has passed a resolution condemning “defamation of religion” as a human rights violation.
From the GlobeandMail.com
The UN resolution has no legal force, but its symbolism is disturbing. Any Islamic government that legislates against an “insult to Islam,” which can cover nearly anything, has just been given a pat on the back. Anyone anywhere who finds something objectionable – a depiction of the Prophet Mohammed in an editorial cartoon in Denmark, or a novel set in India, or a mention of the Prophet Mohammed in connection with a beauty pageant in Nigeria – has been handed a moral justification for protest. This, in a world in which such protests have often taken deadly forms.
It’s interesting to learn how anti-democratic the U.N. is by passing such a law against free speech. It’s also interesting to see how blatently hypocritical many of the Muslim countries are that passed this legislation. After it’s illegal to be a Jew in some Muslim countries that voted for this legislation, it’s illegal for a non-Muslim to be in Mecca, a person can be killed for converting from Islam in some countries, and many Muslim countries treat women as less valuable then then men.
Of course no self respecting free society will pay any attention to this law. However, it eye opening to see how cold and hypocritical the Muslim world can be.
