UN resolution "combating the defamation of religion" will strengthen Islamists

Fariborz Pooya and Bahram Soroush from The Iranian Secular Society (and Council of Ex-Muslims) talk about the UN resolution to "combat the defamation of religion" and how it will increase the power to political Islam, silence critics and assist Islamic dictatorships in suppress their own populations.

Credit:
Iran Secular Society
http://www.iransecularsociety.com/

Other links:
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain
http://www.ex-muslim.org.uk/

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[wanderingsociologist]

holy shit i just noticed the audio preview button, is it just a virus on my cpu like on xkcd, or is it actually a feature on youtube?

[PiroNiro]

It's a feature on Youtube. You can now listen to what you've typed.

[GyrinidaeRex]

This is censorship...and it's bullshit. Unfortunately, if you're nice to crazy people, they'll walk all over you...so it's inevitable if we give crazy people equal rights.

[ColoradoMikeyS]

The Quran is useful for one purpose only, as a convenient package for perfectly thin ass wipe

[yackyick]

@Kynos1 YOU ARE SOOOOOOOO WRONG!

[MrMorriz1]

wow you sould like a really clever guy

[phille22]

and people wonders why I was AGAINST UN? this is fucking sick. what we should do, no MUST do, is question and critizise MORE. EVERYTHING. ESPECIALLY religion of all sorts. this is really a step backwards

[kalinturo]

this will backlash against Islam! FREE SPEECH! Let's make more anti - religious videos! FREE SPEECH! Let's Criticise more! Let's criticise!

[PandemicMadness]

the battle is one between the retrogressive, backward forces of the past and the progressive, forward forces of the future. Islam will lose.

[jedus1]

Fuck Muhammad, Jesus, Moses and the U.N. right in their ass.

[MohummedsM8]

This resolution is so disgusting!

I can't believe than anyone thinks that squashing freedom of speech is a good idea!

[celticrebel2]

Sure. But lets be honest. Christian fundamentalists arent much of a threat in Europe and are subject to intense media and academic scrutiny. Islam, on the other hand, is the great threat to us all but woe to anybody who tries to highlight or debate this in public. Remember the Popes reference to the Byzantine Emperors comment ! The Muslims went ape-shit as expected but the scary thing is how the European media condemned the Pope and supported the Muslims. The fear in Europe is palpable.

[Kynos1]

Agreed. Christian fundamentalists will no doubt be happy about this law as well and now they have a nice pretext for (once again) imposing their theist bigotry on everyone.

[celticrebel2]

Interesting debate. They have some hope in the US with the First Amendment. However, here in Europe, the body politic will grovel, as is their custom, to the demands of Islam. I can see Resolution 64/152 being transposed into national law by stealth, no doubt cloaked in cosy multicultural rhetoric !