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AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban
AP on Yahoo ^ | 11/19/09 | Frank Jordans - ap

Posted on 11/19/2009 12:26:43 PM PST by NormsRevenge

GENEVA – Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially, a ban on blasphemy.

.. Algeria and Pakistan have taken the lead in lobbying to bring the matter to a vote in the U.N. General Assembly.

Such a ban would face great resistance in Western nations ..

The countries that form the 56-member Organization of the Islamic Conference are currently lobbying a Geneva-based U.N. committee to accept its plan, ..

If that occurs, Muslim countries and their allies in the developing world would stand a decent chance of mustering the simple majority needed in the General Assembly to adopt such a treaty.

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A simple majority of Muslim and renegade states could put it over the top.

Wow.

I mean Allahu Akbar.

1 posted on 11/19/2009 12:26:45 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Interesting. And liberals will give this concept actual “respect.”

If a Christian country pushed the same thing, the world would have a fit.


2 posted on 11/19/2009 12:28:29 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up their pets while accusing farmers of cruelty.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Hell we already protect Minorities Queers and everything else why not?\s


3 posted on 11/19/2009 12:28:52 PM PST by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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They may as well plant a crescent on top of the UN building when they finish the $1.5 billion remodel and declare it a mosque.


4 posted on 11/19/2009 12:28:59 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
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“As sala’amu alaikum” (peace be upon you)


5 posted on 11/19/2009 12:29:46 PM PST by Bad Jack Bauer (Fat and Bald? I was BORN fat and bald, thank you very much!)
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To: ConservativeMind

I’m going to assume here that the muslims will determine the definition of “blasphemy”. Fat chance anyone in the western world will listen to them. The UN can suck hind tit for all I’m concerned.


6 posted on 11/19/2009 12:30:35 PM PST by RC2
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I would like to see this get laughed out of the UN in Christian nations did try this. But Christian nations are, by and large, free nations and have no need for such BS.

Besides, do you think Muslim nations would respect a ban on the mockery of Christianity?

And...will there be sactions against countries that don’t prosecute artists that publish pictures of Mohaamed wearing a bomb on his head?


7 posted on 11/19/2009 12:31:19 PM PST by Tenacious 1 (Government For the People - an obviously concealed oxymoron)
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“a ban on blasphemy.”

How about a ban on blasphemous acts ass h****?

8 posted on 11/19/2009 12:32:01 PM PST by 1776 Reborn (Test kids and politicians (bigger idiots) on the Constitution!)
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To: NormsRevenge

“Such a ban would face great resistance in Western nations .”

LOL, ya think?

I will never comply. I will never surrender.

Allahu Snackbar....


9 posted on 11/19/2009 12:32:01 PM PST by Gator113 (Obama is Americas First Failed Black Pres-dent.....)
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Hey Muzzies.. pass this and you guarantee an increase in “blasphemies”.


10 posted on 11/19/2009 12:32:16 PM PST by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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“an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery”

So the Cross and the Star of David would be protected in Muslim countries?

11 posted on 11/19/2009 12:32:26 PM PST by 20yearvet (they yell for more tests as long as its your money)
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To: NormsRevenge

Can we have a ban from your thugs constantly killing us?


12 posted on 11/19/2009 12:33:21 PM PST by lesko
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To: NormsRevenge

This is right up Obama and his Czars alley....


13 posted on 11/19/2009 12:33:36 PM PST by yoe (Fight organized crime: Re-elect no one...)
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To: NormsRevenge

And Islam is the world’s most mockable religion, by far.

You don’t think this would be one of those deals where they say, “Nobody thinks this law was passed to protect Christians”, do you?


14 posted on 11/19/2009 12:33:46 PM PST by chesley (Lib arguments are neither factual, logical, rational, nor reasonable. They are, however, creative.)
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In other words, seeking a ban on free speech.

The whole world is moving backwards. Back to the Dark Ages we go.

15 posted on 11/19/2009 12:37:32 PM PST by LibWhacker (America awake!)
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And Islam is the world’s most mockable religion, by far.

The Scientologists would like to have a word with you about disrespecting their mockability. :-)

16 posted on 11/19/2009 12:37:51 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Obamalaise - the new mood for America.)
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17 posted on 11/19/2009 12:38:07 PM PST by RetroSexual (Pray for America; Psalm 109:8)
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To: NormsRevenge

Actaully, many Western countries are already prohibiting [via self-censorship] blasphemy — against Islam. Christianity and Judaism are still fair game.

There will be no equivalents of a crucifix soaking in urine, the Virgin Mary covered in dung directed toward Islam being displayed in Western art galleries anytime soon, I promise you.


18 posted on 11/19/2009 12:39:38 PM PST by walford (http://the-big-pic.org)
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To: NormsRevenge

The way this could be nipped in the bud is to add language to the effect that Islam should have special protections, because it is a weak religion, its followers are prone to desert it if they hear things that are critical of it, and that Muslim women will no longer respect Muslim men.


19 posted on 11/19/2009 12:40:04 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: NormsRevenge

There is no God called “Allah” and Mohammed was a false prophet! Allahu fubar!


20 posted on 11/19/2009 12:40:40 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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