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It Can't Happen Here? Muslim Organization Wants International Law Criminalizing Criticism of Islam
2019-11-25
[PJ] The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which is made up of 56 nations plus the Palestinian Authority, met Thursday in Jeddah and called for the adoption of an international law criminalizing criticism of Islam. But that kind of law could never be adopted in the United States, could it? Think again.

The OIC’s secretary-general, Dr. Yousef al-Othaimeen, called upon the nations of the world, both Muslim and non-Muslim, to crack down on speech that was "insulting religions or prophets." It was clear, however, that al-Othaimeen couldn’t have cared less about speech insulting Christianity or Judaism or Hinduism or Buddhism or any of the revered figures of those religions. He cared only about criticism of Islam.

"There are laws against anti-Semitism and racism," said al-Othaimeen. "So we request a law against mocking religions." He didn’t explain why laws against racism should lead to laws against criticizing belief systems, since, after all, contrary to the assumptions of Rachel Dolezal, Shaun King, and Elizabeth Warren, one cannot change one’s race, but one can change one’s beliefs, including religious beliefs. Al-Othaimeen likely knows this, but cited racism because he knows how to pull the right strings to get the Western intelligentsia to do what he wants.

"Islamophobia," he continued, "is a sentiment of excessive fear against Islam that is transformed into acts of intolerance and discriminations against Muslims and even violent crimes against people with Islamic attires."

No one should discriminate against Muslims or anyone, and genuine intolerance, when it shades over into illegal activity, and violent crime should always be prosecuted. But the OIC wants to go much farther than that, and get Western societies to criminalize criticism of Islam altogether.
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Posted by:Besoeker

#11  Frankly, I want all muslims in the world to be gathered up, transferred to another planet where ONLY muslims live.

Somewhere in the lesser Magellanic cloud.

Then televise the mass slayings on pay-per-view.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2019-11-25 22:49  

#10  To be candid, I don't want to criticize Islam. I want to teach Muslims to love Peace.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-11-25 14:09  

#9  Can you believe it, India actually applied for membership into this noble collective back in 2000-02, when we had a Leftist dynastic regime for a Govt. Thanks to Pakistain, we were denied.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-11-25 12:15  

#8  Islam is not a religion, it's a death cult and should be treated like smallpox.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-11-25 11:18  

#7  If we had a law criminalizing criticism of Christianity here, most universities and colleges would have to close. We do have a defacto practice of outlawing criticism of Marxism as demonstrated by the amount of his worshipers who've driven non-believers from those universities and colleges.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-11-25 11:01  

#6  yet they call for the destruction of Israel on a daily basis. FOAD
Posted by: chris   2019-11-25 09:51  

#5  It can't happen here
It can't happen here
I'm telling you, my dear
That it can't happen here.

Posted by: Unosh Hupinelet8756   2019-11-25 09:10  

#4  Who...? Bert the gigolo ? Who... oh !! ☺
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-11-25 03:33  

#3  This is such a bad idea that you know the UN will get right on it.

...but not before Padre Bergoglio
Posted by: Lex   2019-11-25 02:15  

#2  This is such a bad idea that you know the UN will get right on it.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-11-25 00:58  

#1  Muslim Organization Wants International Law Criminalizing Criticism of Islam

Meet you half-way "International Law Criminalizing Islam".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-11-25 00:51  

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