UN HR Rule Passed - No More 'Criticism' of Islam

It's done the UN passes resolution calling for criminalization of criticism of Islam. The UN Human Rights Council voted and won with 23 out of the 47 votes. This included 11 (primarily Western) nations opposed and 13 cowards abstaining. Note that the US is not a member of this council, one dominated by Muslim and African nations.

What is means is that technically it will be impossible to have any honest examination of Islam because "incitement to religious hatred" includes acts like quoting the Koran verses that Jihadists use to justify their actions. The resolution ignores individual rights like those of freedom of speech and freedom of expression.

What this resolution is removes the rights from the individuals and places it in the hands of Islam and the Muslims. The so called UN Human Rights council has many Muslim nations that have specifically argued that religions, in particular Islam, must be shielded from criticism in the media and other areas of public life. They have given examples like those of cartoons of Mohammad as being example of unacceptable free speech.

"Islam is frequently and wrongly associated with human rights violations and terrorism," the resolution said. You might want to read that sentence again.

If implemented it could lead to accusations of defamation among different faiths. It also leaves the non-Muslim nations both silent and so defenceless in the face of the current global jihad. The resolution was proposed by Pakistan, the Janus of the Muslim world. As India's Ambassador Gopinathan Achamkulangare correctly pointed out, the resolution "inappropriately" linked religious criticism to racism.

So will Australia have the guts to stand up to this? Given Rudd's current track record of bending over backwards for anything UN any protest is unlikely.