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Filed in: United Nations | by Nathanael Bennett | 12:47 PM Dec. 20, 2011
Religious Freedom on Shaky Ground at the United Nations
There is once again cause for concern on the religious freedom front at the United Nations (UN). And this time, the United States is at the forefront of that concern. The issue is the most recent iteration of what used to be the Defamation of Religions resolution, and is now a resolution aimed at “condemning the stereotyping, negative profiling, and stigmatization of people based on their religion.” As with so many UN initiatives, the goal sounds laudable, but the complications are i... Continue Reading