UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCILFrom the desk of MDON MARCH 26, 2009, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on �religious defamation�. This came about mainly at the behest of Islamic countries.At first glance the UN�s script looks like another document churned out by a bureaucracy that is struggling with its own authority. Some might highlight the harmless verbiage being expressed. For instance, what is wrong with saying, as the resolution does, that some Muslims face p
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Human Rights: �The meaning of religious freedom��
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Human Rights: �The meaning of religious freedom��
April 9th, 2009UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCILFrom the desk of MDON MARCH 26, 2009, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on �religious defamation�. This came about mainly at the behest of Islamic countries.At first glance the UN�s script looks like another document churned out by a bureaucracy that is struggling with its own authority. Some might highlight the harmless verbiage being expressed. For instance, what is wrong with saying, as the resolution does, that some Muslims face p
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