Islamic bloc drops U.N. drive on defaming religion

by Robert Evans
Reuters
March 25, 2011

http://www.islamist-watch.org/6643/islamic-bloc-drops-un-drive-on-defaming-religion

Excerpt:

Islamic countries set aside their 12-year campaign to have religions protected from "defamation", allowing the U.N. Human Rights Council to approve a plan to promote religious tolerance on Thursday.

Western countries and their Latin American allies, strong opponents of the defamation concept, joined Muslim and African states in backing without vote the new approach that switches focus from protecting beliefs to protecting believers.

Since 1998, the 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) had won majority approval in the council and at the United Nations General Assembly for a series of resolutions on "combating defamation of religion".

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