We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. […]
US says Brunei Sharia violates international norms
Now wait a minute. The Sharia that Brunei is implementing, including “stoning and other punishments,” is no different from the Sharia that is already in place in Saudi Arabia, Iran, and elsewhere. Is the Obama Administration really going on record saying that Sharia violates international human rights norms? Is “Islamophobia” seeping into its highest levels? […]
Malaysian PM: “Human rights-ism” goes against Muslim values
He said it. Will Muslim spokesmen in the West denounce Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as an Islamophobe? Will they say that he is motivated by hatred and bigotry, and a racist desire to defame Islam and Muslims? Will they denounce him as ignorant of Islam? No? They won’t do any of those things? But […]
The Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam: “Useless at best and at worst harmful for human rights”
The world’s foremost foe of the freedom of speech, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, recently invoked the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam — a fact that should reassure no one who wants to see the freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and equality of rights of all people before the law protected. “It’s […]
Honor killing in Jordan: “I was enraged and shot her dead because she did something shameful.”
She had just given birth to twins, and her father shot her. Yes, murders happen everywhere, and cases of parents killing their children exist across the world, but the crucial difference here is how the killings are rationalized and often praised, and how often they fail to be punished on a level that fits the […]
Spencer debates Muslim Sheikh: Does Islam respect human rights?
Here is my debate last night on ABN with Sheikh Mohamed El-Hassan of the Texas Islamic Center on the question, “Does Islam respect human rights?” The first half hour of the show is an interview with Walid Phares; the debate starts after that.
Tonight: Does Islam respect human rights?
Tonight on ABN TV. Tune in here.
UN set to adopt report that praises Libya’s human rights record
It’s almost as if the UN has a secret agenda of seeing how far it can go into dhimmitude and idiocy before the U.S. pulls the plug. And no, this won’t be the limit, either. “UN set to adopt report that praises Libya’s human-rights record,” by Steven Edwards for Postmedia News, February 28 (thanks to […]
Iranian human rights lawyer gets 11-year prison term, including 5 years for allegedly appearing in videotaped message without veil
One consistent hallmark of abusive laws is how often they lend themselves to being used to settle scores, to frighten a subjugated class into continued submission, or to pile on additional punishments out of sheer contempt. Sharia is replete with such examples. Pakistan’s blasphemy law is one such law, and here is another illustration of […]
“The grave human tragedy of the Christians in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq, has worsened dramatically”
A letter from David G. Littman, representative to the UN-Geneva for the World Union for Progressive Judaism, to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay: WORLD UNION FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM * * * * * THE MARTYRED CHRISTIANS OF IRAQ RENEWED APPEAL (2008, 2009, 2010)… for the New Year 2011 To the High Commissioner […]
Robert Spencer at Voice of the Copts’ International Human Rights Day Conference, December 16
Video courtesy Voice of the Copts.
Pamela Geller at Voice of the Copts’ International Human Rights Day Conference, December 16
Video courtesy Voice of the Copts.
Spencer, Geller, Timmerman speak for Copts on International Human Rights Day
Timmerman, Geller, Stern, Ramelah, Spencer, Alyami Last Thursday I spoke in Washington for the human rights group Voice of the Copts, along with Pamela Geller, Kenneth Timmerman, and others. The talks were filmed, so if video becomes available online I will post it. Here is a message from Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah, the founder and […]
New report discovers that Indonesia’s Islamic laws are “abusive”
No kidding, really? “Indonesia’s Islamic laws are ‘abusive’, report says,” from the BBC, November 30 (thanks to Glynn): Two Islamic laws applied in the Indonesian province of Aceh violate people’s rights and are implemented abusively, a new report has concluded. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says two of five local laws based on the Sharia legal […]
Cleric in Iranian holy city of Qom: “Democracy, freedom, and human rights have no place” in Islam
He said it. And Khomeini would add: no fun. “No place for democracy and human rights in Islam, says Qom theologian,” from AsiaNews, September 8: Tehran (AsiaNews) – As the world mobilises against the stoning of Sakineh, a 43-year-old woman convicted for adultery and killing her husband, Iranian police continue to threaten and arrest journalists […]
Spencer: Muslims lying about Islamic atrocities
In Human Events today, I discuss the denial and obfuscation of Islamic spokesmen regarding human rights abuses within their own communities: As Muslims around the world continue to deny basic human rights to women and non-Muslims, Muslim spokesmen maintain a pattern of denial and deception. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old Iranian woman, is facing death […]
Pamela Geller interviews human rights activist David Littman
David Littman, whose writings and heroic battles against Islamic supremacists at the UN in Geneva we have featured here many times, is interviewed Sunday by Pamela Geller.
A day at the UN in Geneva — and Kuwait’s human rights report
The last meeting-place of the League of Nations, whose successor is just as useless David G. Littman in the Assembly Hall where Haile Selassie appealed to the free world for help against fascism in 1936 After speaking at the Vienna Forum in Austria on May 8, I traveled to Geneva, where through the kind offices […]
Amnesty International suspends women’s rights activist who questioned its partnership with Taliban supporter
Dhimmitude, cowardice, craven opportunism, and blind Leftist America-hatred. An update on this story. “Embattled Gender Analyst Leaves Post at Amnesty,” from Women’s eNews, n.d.: Gita Sahgal calls her entry into the world of journalism “sort of accidental,” but her most recent news appearances have been entirely on purpose. On Feb. 7, the Sunday Times of […]
Shock horror: Jordanian study finds Islamic supremacist parties least concerned with human rights
Why is it that the most avowedly Islamic parties seem to be made up of Misunderstanders of the Religion of Peace and Tolerance? “Study finds Islamist parties least concerned with human rights,” by Hani Hazaimeh for the Jordan Times, December 21 (thanks to Twostellas): AMMAN – The Kingdom’s Islamist parties are the least concerned with […]