Islamic states are seeking special protections for the Muslim faith in international law at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. A new resolution would criminalize “defamation of Islam” as a human rights violation.

The proposal is a blatant violation of religious freedom. It would shield a set of beliefs from question or debate and ban any discussion that may offend Islamic sensibilities.

The resolution makes no mention of human rights violations in Muslim countries, notably Iran's persecution of Baha'is, Saudi Arabia's banning of all religious practice aside from Islam, and the persecution of Christian communities in Egypt, Pakistan and Iraq. It would, however, give sanction to domestic blasphemy laws in Muslim countries, a loosely defined crime that often carries such brutal punishment as beheading or amputation of limbs.

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