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UN-acceptable censorship: The United Nations tries to outlaw criticism of Islam
NYDailyNews ^
| 1/14/09
| Floyd Abrams
Posted on 01/14/2009 8:20:49 AM PST by Sammy67
Almost 500 years ago, on the wall of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses, characterizing as "madness" the notion that papal pardons could absolve individuals for their sins. As viewed from Rome, Luther had maligned, even defamed, the church. Luther was eventually excommunicated. His conduct ultimately led to the creation of a Protestant Church in Germany and a Reformation throughout Europe.
It is difficult to believe that in the 21st century anyone would seriously propose that conduct such as Luther's should be deemed illegal. But a few weeks ago, the General Assembly of the United Nations took a giant step in that direction. It adopted - for the fourth straight year - a resolution prepared by the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference calling upon all UN nations to adopt legislation banning the "defamation" of religion. Spurred by the Danish cartoons of 2005, some of which portrayed the Prophet Muhammed in a manner deemed offensive by the OIC, the resolution was opposed by the United States, most European nations, Japan, India and a number of other nations.
Nonetheless, it has now been adopted.
From an American perspective, the resolution so plainly violates the First Amendment that it is
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NY Daily News: United Nations tries to outlaw criticism of Islam! http://www.jihadwatch.org/
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:20:50 AM PST
by
Sammy67
To: Sammy67
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:21:50 AM PST
by
wastedyears
(In Canada, Santa says "Ho Ho, eh?")
To: Sammy67
No Suprise... After all the only thing they are interested in is Silencing Christians and Jesus Christ, that is HATE SPEECH
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:22:31 AM PST
by
TaraP
(The RAPTURE: Seperation of Church and State)
To: TaraP
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:23:55 AM PST
by
Sammy67
To: Sammy67
The U.N. exists to fleece the USofA.
To: Sammy67
I find these threads hard to understand without a visual.
![](http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/wp-content/MohammedBomb.jpg)
There. That's better.
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:27:07 AM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Most Animals protect their babies. Palestinians kill their babies.)
To: Sammy67
wow, criticism of the UN in the Daily News? It must be serious.
The UN is Fifth Column Headquarters, no?
To: Sammy67
We marry off our ten year old girls - How dare you criticize us!
Off with your heads!!
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:28:20 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Sammy67
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:28:28 AM PST
by
TornadoAlley3
(Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
To: Sammy67
Where are all of the “artists” who challenge Christianity?
Wonder why they don’t do the same with islam? (small i)
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:29:11 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Guns don't kill people; abortion clinics do.)
To: Sammy67
a resolution prepared by the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference calling upon all UN nations to adopt legislation banning the "defamation" of religion. OK. So we should use how these OIC nations treat and regard other world religions as the basis of the definition of "defamation" then, right?
To: steelyourfaith
Our country should place the idea of belonging to the UN....on a ballot. Let the people decide for a change. Novel idea huh?
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:31:04 AM PST
by
RC2
The UN and Islam should eat pork and be no more, cease to exist, drop off, drown, expire, finish, give up the ghost, go the way of all flesh, kick the bucket, perish, relinquish life, succumb, suffocate, get off my planet!
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:32:39 AM PST
by
Pilated
To: Sammy67
“Nonetheless, it has now been adopted. “
Did the useless fools who represent us there vote for this?
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:37:48 AM PST
by
ZULU
( God, guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
To: Sammy67
US out of the UN
UN out of the US
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:40:45 AM PST
by
Vaquero
( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: ZULU
Did the useless fools who represent us there vote for this? the resolution was opposed by the United States, most European nations, Japan, India and a number of other nations.
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:46:08 AM PST
by
Vaquero
( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Sammy67
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:49:34 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(0bama must be well-endowed - look at how often he steps on his d---.)
To: TornadoAlley3
.....where is raging Islamic man????????
To: Uncle Miltie
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posted on
01/14/2009 8:51:54 AM PST
by
444Flyer
(Blame Hamas)
To: All
The U.N. should not be housed nor paid for in any way by the U.S.A.
They are a group opposed to the United States and should be removed from their comfort.
Let another nation support these monstrous idiots.
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