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  • Arab League calls for criminalization of blasphemy

    09/26/2012 1:00:55 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 30 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Sept. 26, 2012 | MATTHEW LEE
    UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The head of the Arab League is calling for the international community to criminalize blasphemy, warning that insults to religion pose a serious threat to global peace and security. Nabil Elaraby's comments to a special session of the U.N. Security Council put him at odds with the United States and many of its western allies, which are resolutely opposed to restrictions on freedom of expression.