Posted on 06/19/2008 8:29:17 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
GENEVA: Muslim countries have won a battle to prevent Islam from being criticised during debates by the UN Human Rights Council.
Religions deserve special protection because any debate about faith is bound to be “very complex, very sensitive and very intense” council President Doru-Romulus Costea said on Wednesday.
Only religious scholars should be allowed to discuss matters of faith, he told journalists in Geneva.While Costea’s ban applies to all religions, it was prompted by Muslim countries complaining about references to Islam.
Costea issued his “presidential ruling” Monday during the eighth meeting of the council’s 47 members, which do not include the United States. The ruling will not affect findings by the council’s experts, just its chamber debates.
On Monday Egypt, Pakistan and Iran angrily protested attempts by a humanist group to link Islam to human rights abuses such as female genital mutilation and so-called honour killings of women.
The interventions sparked a heated debate which threatened to sour the mood of the meeting ahead of important votes on the future of the council’s work. The council was created two years ago to replace the discredited UN Human Rights Commission. Its resolutions carry no legal weight but are intended to throw a spotlight on governments that abuse their citizens.
The UN has never been about truth and reality. Hence, this latest cave-in to the koranimals comes as no surpise.
Brilliant!
Just ban any discussion of the actual root of the problem.
Example 1 Human rights violation - Female circumcision.
UN: Female circumcision is bad we think you need to stop this horrible practice.
Muslims: How dare you criticize our religion!
UN: Oh! We are sorry. Didn’t mean to offend. We respect your religion.
Example 2 Human rights violation - Stoning a teen aged rape victim.
UN: We think you need to end this horrible practice of stoning poor teen aged rape victims.
Muslim: How dare you criticize our religion!
UN: Oh! We are sorry. Didn’t mean to offend. We respect your religion.
Yeah, you all get my drift.
The Obama’s deserve special protection because any debate about The Obama’s is bound to be “very complex, very sensitive and very intense”
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Get US out of the UN and get the UN out of the US.
They continue to advance and we continue to retreat.
And now Barack Hussein Obama......
I think I’ll just cling to my religion...and maybe get a gun.
From now on every action America takes in the world should be heavily seasoned with Christian references.
If you condemn America, you condemn Christianity.
Cease and Desist!
Pure shi’ite..
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