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UN Expert: World Religions Should Defer to the Authority of UN Experts
c-fam.org ^ | Rebecca Oas, Ph.D

Posted on 03/07/2020 5:31:51 PM PST by ransomnote

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 6 (C-Fam) According to the UN’s special expert on freedom of religion, the fringe views of UN human rights bodies must take precedence over the mainstream beliefs of many leading world religions, when it comes to law and policy.

In his newly-launched annual report, Ahmad Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, wrote about the intersection of religion and gender equality.  He concluded that laws based in traditional morality, often religious in nature, should be repealed if they conflict with the opinions of human rights scholars and UN experts.

“States have an obligation to guarantee to everyone, including women, girls and LGBT+ people, an equal right to freedom of religion or belief,” he said, “including by creating an enabling environment where pluralist and progressive self-understandings can manifest.”

In order to enable these “self-understandings,” laws criminalizing abortion or various sexual behaviors would need to be overruled.

Shaheed noted that laws regarding abortion and homosexual behavior often arise from the application of religious teachings regarding the sanctity of life, the family, and sexual morality.  While stopping short of directly calling on major world religions, such as Christianity or Islam, to change their doctrines, he attempted to differentiate between “patriarchal” and “gender equal” interpretations of religious teachings.  The report cites the work of scholars who have worked to promote “progressive” reinterpretations of faith traditions, adding that the source of gender-based violence or discrimination is not necessarily religions, but, rather, certain interpretations of them, “which are not protected per se.”

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To: ransomnote; SaveFerris; Roman_War_Criminal

Wouldn’t they just love that?


21 posted on 03/07/2020 6:23:05 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: CheshireTheCat; Jean2

Ahmad Shaheed. yeah right, like that Muslim is someone Americans should listen to.
Kick his jihadist a$$ out of the U.S. along with Omar and Tlaib !


22 posted on 03/07/2020 6:27:14 PM PST by A strike ( Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: philman_36

US out of the UN and the UN out of the USA. Use the building for the cornavirus patients that will soon abound in New York City.


23 posted on 03/07/2020 6:27:50 PM PST by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2020 - Keep America Great)
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To: ransomnote

Even more indication that the snatching away of the believers in Christ is very close at hand.


24 posted on 03/07/2020 6:32:25 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: A strike

Amen to that!


25 posted on 03/07/2020 6:34:39 PM PST by Jean2
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To: ransomnote

UH...No. The globalists must be quashed, by any means necessary.
The very fact that an elitist group of arrogant, amoral pond scum seeks to put their will above the supremacy of the individual is reason enough to isolate and imprison them, forever.


26 posted on 03/07/2020 6:38:54 PM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
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To: ransomnote

Thanks, but no thanks, Ahmad.


27 posted on 03/07/2020 6:43:25 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: ransomnote

Ole Ahmad needs to take a long look at his religion.

Apostasy—the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief—of Islam is punishable by death in almost every Muslim nation.

What happens when some Imam rules a fatwa against him?


28 posted on 03/07/2020 6:50:14 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: HollyB
Hmmm ... to its credit, the report does call out certain Muslim practices, including "child and forced marriage, ‘honour’ killings, domestic violence and female genital mutilation." Sad that it also calls for e.g. forcing unwilling doctors to perform abortions.
29 posted on 03/07/2020 6:59:58 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree

From an objective standpoint, it seems that’s how it works. 1/2 truths and omissions don’t make for good credibility. I didn’t read the full report, but that’s why I prefer the original source/report over someone’s review, regardless on who is giving their view.


30 posted on 03/07/2020 7:04:01 PM PST by HollyB
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To: ransomnote

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

You shall have no other gods before me”

This includes the UN.


31 posted on 03/07/2020 7:06:26 PM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: ransomnote

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

You shall have no other gods before me”

This includes the UN.


32 posted on 03/07/2020 7:06:29 PM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: Sasparilla

Must be worth repeating, I guess.


33 posted on 03/07/2020 7:07:53 PM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: ransomnote

UN experts should learn to duck.


34 posted on 03/07/2020 7:13:48 PM PST by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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To: ransomnote

Ahmad Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, is biased against religion and needs to be fired.


35 posted on 03/07/2020 7:21:04 PM PST by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: ransomnote

I can’t think of a better place to relocate the UN than Somalia.


36 posted on 03/07/2020 7:36:51 PM PST by Salvavida
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To: Salvavida

What a great idea! Let the Eurotwits pay for the relocation, just get the hive of scum and villainy out of the USofA.


37 posted on 03/07/2020 7:52:48 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Jean2

I think all true Muslims are jihadi.


38 posted on 03/08/2020 2:35:48 PM PDT by A strike ( Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: ransomnote
As my dearly departed Italian Mother would say, “OooohhhhhFaaaaaahhh!”
39 posted on 03/08/2020 3:06:08 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: metmom

They’re not even trying to hide it anymore.

Incredible!


40 posted on 03/09/2020 5:11:37 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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