{"id":195,"date":"2012-12-05T10:06:35","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T10:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/?p=28"},"modified":"2012-12-05T10:06:35","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T10:06:35","slug":"islamic-states-at-un-criminalize-defamation-of-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freemasonrywatch.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/05\/islamic-states-at-un-criminalize-defamation-of-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamic states at UN: Criminalize Defamation of Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<!-- Post Body Copy -->\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-bodycopy clearfix\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tMomEDO9fh8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>JPost.com \u00bb International \u00bb Article<\/p>\n<p>Mar 12, 2009 22:01 | Updated Mar 13, 2009<\/p>\n<p>Islamic states: Criminalize defamation of Islam<br \/>\nBy MAYA SPITZER<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic states circulated a new resolution at the current session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday that would criminalize defamation of Islam as a human rights violation and encourage the imposition of Shari&#8217;a.<\/p>\n<p>According to the nonbinding governmental resolution, titled &#8220;Combating Defamation of Religions,&#8221; anything deemed insulting to Islamic sensitivities would be banned as a &#8220;serious affront to human dignity&#8221; and a blatant violation of religious freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution would attempt to influence &#8220;local, national, regional and international levels&#8221; to incorporate such guarantees of this perceived freedom in their &#8220;legal and constitutional systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a covert package coordinated by Pakistan against the West,&#8221; said Leon Saltiel, director of communications at the Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch, on Thursday. &#8220;They think there is too much liberty and freedom of expression in the Western world, which therefore defames religion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100903064846\/http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/servlet\/Satellite?cid=1236764174608&#038;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull\">Article Continues<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; 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