UN resolution against 'defamation of religion'

[RelentlessPunishment]

Here's a good (according to me) response to it, from a progressive muslim group;

http://www.mpac.org/publications/po...ue-of-the-defamation-of-religions-concept.php

And here's the report;

http://www.mpac.org/assets/docs/publications/MPAC-defamations-of-religion.pdf

some of it's based on their interpretation of the Qur'an, but a lot of it sounds very sensible. I agree with their point that something like this could empower bigger religions at the cost of disempowering smaller ones.

 

[Humes fork]

If liberal democratic countries support this, then we have truly lost our way.

If it gets adopted by the UN, Sweden will adopt it in a heartbeat. The UN is treated like a saint here.

It is completely unbefitting of Muslim countries to talk about any global discrimination of Muslims. Most Muslims who die violent deaths die at the hands of other Muslims. In the West Muslims have many more rights than in the Islamic world. And we should not even get started on the rights on non-Muslims, who are treated like vermin in many Muslim countries.

The OIC should be told to shut up and get lost.

 

[Gazpacho]

If liberal democratic countries support this, then we have truly lost our way.

If it gets adopted by the UN, Sweden will adopt it in a heartbeat. The UN is treated like a saint here.

What's going to happen after that? Please support your answer by reference to the active sections of the resolution.

 

[RelentlessPunishment]

I just discovered that the head of the OIC is in my country. I had no idea. He gave a talk at the prestigious National Press Club in Canberra;

http://www.npc.org.au/speakerarchive/professor-ekmeleddin-ihsanoğlu.html

Here's a commentary on his talk from a horrible right-wing blog. It doesn't tell us much about what he actually said, but it seems he did talk about the Defamation of Religions idea;

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/accolades-for-ihsanoglu-in-oz.html

I'd love to know what Prof. Ihsanoglu did say, but transcripts cost $330(!) so that's all I've got to go on. I'm annoyed I've missed two screenings of his talk on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Authority) news channel, but sometimes they repeat them late at night so I'll keep looking out for it.

I'm going to point out two things about the tongue-in-cheek commentary. First, if it was posted on the same day as the speech, it was written very quickly, especially considering it's length. Second, (according to me) it's very well written. Third, the National Press Club is based in Canberra, and I think their audiences consist mostly of professional journalists, interest groups, political nerds and public servants. I think there's a strong circumstantial cast that it was probably written by a journalist or political wonk of some sort. Australia has a strong and proud tradition of political satire, and the writing style reminded my of some of this.