RESOLUTION 16/18 : INTERDICTION DE CRITIQUER L'ISLAM !
Baroness Warsi and the OIC
Posted: Mon, 25 Nov 2013
by Anne Marie Waters
Baroness Warsi's partnership with the OIC
means it is only a matter of time before we are completely silenced in
the name of religious freedom, argues Anne Marie Waters.
Baroness
Warsi, our unelected "Minister for Faith", in a speech at Georgetown
University in Washington on Friday, stated that the UK is "committed to
working with the United Nations Human Rights Council to implement Resolution 16/18."
We are? I can't remember agreeing to this – can you?
She
then went on to make this hilarious statement: "The Organisation of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC) also remains a key partner in our quest to
promote religious freedom."
I genuinely don't know whether to laugh or cry.
It
is difficult to know where to begin with this, so I'll start with
Resolution 16/18 – a proposal which received the support of the United
States back in 2011.
Hillary Clinton, who could well be the next US
President, set up a meeting
in Washington D.C. that year. The aim of this get-together was to
explore ways to implement the provisions of Resolution 16/18 around the
world.
Resolution 16/18
calls upon UN member states to combat "intolerance, negative
stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to
violence and violence against, persons based on religion or belief."
It
was initially introduced in March 2011 at the UN Human Rights Council by
the OIC. This coterie, dominated by Islamist states, had made several
previous attempts to have a resolution passed which aimed to criminalise
"defamation of religions" but had failed. This time, due to some clever
re-wording, the tactic worked and non-binding resolution was agreed.
Following
this, the Istanbul Process was created in July 2011. This meeting was
attended by Hillary Clinton who praised the US and the EU for agreeing
the resolution at the Human Rights Council. The conference had been
convened by Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General of the OIC. This is a
man who frequently speaks out against Islamophobia, and calls for a "proper understanding of Islam".
The Istanbul Process continues and last met in Geneva in June 2013.
Baroness
Warsi's commitment (on behalf of the UK) to work with the OIC to
implement Resolution 16/18 seems to be grounded in the idea that the OIC
are equally committed to religious freedom. In making such claims,
Warsi shows herself to be either a) completely stupid, b) a damn liar,
or c) both.
Why do I say this? Well, have a look at
the commitment to religious freedom (and human rights generally)
demonstrated by some of the OIC member countries:
The
Islamic Republic of Iran – Iran demonstrates its commitment to
religious freedom by executing people who leave Islam, or speak out
against it. (Oh, and it also stones people to death for having sex).
Article 513 of theIranian penal code
states that "Anyone who insults the sacred values of Islam or any of
the Great Prophets or [twelve] Shi'ite Imams or the Holy Fatima, if
considered as Saab ul-nabi [as having committed actions warranting the
hadd punishment for insulting the Prophet], shall be executed;
otherwise, they shall be sentenced to one to five years' imprisonment."
The
Islamic Republic of Pakistan – Pakistan is also deeply committed to
religious freedom. So much so that blasphemy is a capital crime. Section
295-C of its criminal code
says that "Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by visible
representation or by any imputation, innuendo, or insinuation, directly
or indirectly, defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
(peace be upon him) shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for
life, and shall also be liable to fine."
The Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia – as well as imposing the death penalty for "witchcraft"
(and blasphemy and apostasy), Saudi Arabia does not allow anyone to
build a church or read a Bible. So committed to religious freedom is
Saudi Arabia that non-Muslims are not permitted to enter its holy city
of Mecca. So committed to religious freedom is Saudi Arabia that simply
sending a tweet deemed blasphemous can have you arrested and facing the
death penalty, as the journalist Hamza Kashgari found out to his cost in 2012.
These
are some of the countries that Baroness Warsi will be working with to
promote religious freedom around the world. There are others of course, you can find them here.
It is worth noting at this point that the UN Human Rights Council, which initially passed Resolution 16/18, recentlyappointed Saudi Arabia
to sit on its board. Saudi Arabia kills people not only for blasphemy
but for adultery and homosexuality as well. Women there enjoy the
official status of property and are not allowed to work or travel or
even undergo medical treatment without the permission of a man. It's
encouraging to know then that Saudi Arabia will be working for the
promotion of both religious freedom and human rights around the world,
isn't it?
We are living in a hall of mirrors –
nothing is as it seems and we are being consistently and constantly lied
to. Resolution 16/18 has got nothing to do with religious freedom, and
everything to do with protecting Islam from exposure. The record of the
countries behind it prove this beyond any doubt.
Anyone who tells the
truth about any aspect of Islam, or what happens in Islamic states, will
no doubt be guilty of "negative stereotyping" of the religion, and
criminalised if Resolution 16/18 becomes law in UN member states. That
is the point of it, and Warsi has dragged our country in to helping to
make this happen.
So to summarise; Sayeeda Warsi, a
woman who failed to secure an elected place in Parliament in 2005, now
enjoys a seat at the Cabinet table despite the fact that she remains
unelected. She has used this position to commit the UK to assisting in
the implementation of a resolution which will effectively criminalise
anyone who dares to tell the truth about what happens in the name of
Islam (this would be "negative stereotyping" you see). She has no
mandate for this, and she wouldn't have if the people were ever asked
our opinion on the matter.
She is assisted in her
endeavours by the US Government. A Government headed by Barack "the
future does not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam" Obama.
Warsi
was appointed to the Cabinet by David Cameron, a man equally committed
to making us as sharia-compliant as possible. In October, he informed us
that we were about to become the only non-Muslim country to issue
Islamic bonds.
The Prime Minister's ambition is to see London stand "alongside Dubai as one of the great capitals of Islamic finance anywhere in the world."
Given
the determination of the USA and UK to promote all things Islamic, and
their partnership with Islamist states in their efforts to criminalise
us all, it is only a matter of time before we are completely silenced.
So if you have anything to say about Islam — and the barbarism carried out in its name — I suggest you say it now.
Anne Marie Waters is a council member of the National Secular Society. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the NSS.
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