14 January 2012

Criminalizing Religious Criticism: UN Resolution Threatens Freedom of Speech

.... But in spite of the seemingly benign language, free speech advocates say there is still cause for concern.

According to Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice, in some Islamic countries, particularly those with harsh penalties for apostasy and blasphemy, it often doesn't take much for religious minorities to incite extremist rage. "Just the building of churches ... having a cross outside your door can be inciting violence," Sekulow says.

"So if you let them define these definitions when there is no problem coming from the minority faiths, this is somehow going to 'green-light' their suppression," he explains. [Crosswalk.com] Read more [via National Secular Society]