"So, what this would logically mean is that, since Islamist “sensibilities” are so easily injured, no one would be able to say anything whatsoever about Islam or Islamists. On the other hand, almost nothing would be found off-limits in Western countries’ courts, where freedom of speech trumps almost anyone’s sensibilities. This would effectively make the treaty apply only to Islam, plunging the world into even more serious trouble than its in now.
A.P. reports that one American expert with more than 20 years experience in the U.N. human rights system said, in another study in understatement, that the treaty “could have far-reaching implications.”
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