By Selwyn Duke

Those who would accuse Barack Obama of pandering to — if not
sympathy for — Islamists have been handed some powerful new ammunition.
In a disturbing move, the Obama administration is joining Muslim
nations in supporting a UN resolution restricting criticism of
religion, a measure reflective of those nations’ blasphemy laws.

Treating the matter in USA Today, Professor Jonathan Turley writes:

While attracting surprisingly little
attention, the Obama administration supported the effort of largely
Muslim nations in the U.N. Human Rights Council to recognize exceptions
to free speech for any "negative racial and religious stereotyping."
The exception was made as part of a resolution supporting free speech
that passed this month, but it is the exception, not the rule that
worries civil libertarians…. It is viewed as a transparent bid to
appeal to the "Muslim street" and our Arab allies, with the
administration seeking greater coexistence through the curtailment of
objectionable speech. Though it has no direct enforcement (and is
weaker than earlier versions), it is still viewed as a victory for
those who sought to juxtapose and balance the rights of speech and
religion.

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