Islamic states threaten UN spokesman for defending free speech
Free Speech Death Watch Update: “Islamic states clash with UN expert on free speech,” from Deutsche Presse Agentur, June 3 (thanks to JW):
Geneva – Islamic states have fired back at a United Nations- appointed special expert on freedom of expression, who said that speech should not be restricted in order to protect religion. “Restrictions should never be used to protect particular institutions or abstract notions, concepts or beliefs, including religious ones,” wrote Frank La Rue in his report presented to the Human Rights Council, which started its 11th regular session this week.
Pakistan’s ambassador said the OIC would monitor the expert and “take an appropriate course of action” if he deviated again from the mandate they wanted him to implement…. More>>
Robert Spencer:  there has been outright deception. As Julia Gorin points out here, during the campaign Obama’s Kenyan grandmother was identified as a Christian. Now she is a Muslim and is making the Hajj. Who set up this deception, and why? More>>
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All smiles
They say they have already made enough concessions to Israel. What were those, again? “As Obama Begins Trip, Arabs Want Israeli Gesture,” by Jeff Zeleny and Michael Slackman for the New York Times
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Gates of Vienna/by Baron Bodissey