My latest in PJ Media is a VIP article. I am happy to be able to offer you a 5% discount on becoming a VIP member at PJ Media. Just enter the code SPENCER when you sign up here. From the ever-busy department of addressing solving nonexistent problems comes the news that the new United Nations Special Envoy […]
UN ‘Islamophobia’ top dog says Western countries must adopt laws to fight ‘Islamophobia’
Notice how the UN’s new Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, starts out by talking about the alleged need to “prohibit by law incitement to violence against persons on the grounds of their religion or belief.” Actually, incitement to violence is already illegal. New laws are not needed. But Moratinos actually wants to […]
A UN Body Has Condemned the Burning of a Qur’an in Sweden. Here’s Why It Shouldn’t Have.
New in PJ Media: Book burning is an ugly business; in America is generally associated with Nazis standing gleefully before bonfires of forbidden books. Still, the freedom of expression is the freedom of expression, and if someone wants to burn a copy of Mein Kampf or The Catcher in the Rye or the Bible, that’s his business. When it […]
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations condemns Qur’an burning in Sweden
“While the High Representative stresses the importance of upholding the freedom of expression as a fundamental human right, he also emphasises that the act of Quran-burning, amounts to an expression of hatred towards Muslims. It is disrespectful and insulting to the adherents of Islam and should not be conflated with freedom of expression.” In other […]
UN Alliance of Civilizations condemns Muhammad cartoons: they ‘provoked acts of violence against innocent civilians’
The deepest concern of the UN should be the threats from some Muslims because of the supposedly offensive cartoons. The UN long ago abandoned interest in the rights of free societies. Instead, it has increasingly collaborated with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in promoting Islamic interests, including the “Islamophobia” canard. Over a decade ago, after […]