View source for Criminalizing intolerance - December 12, 2011 by Jonathan Turley

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|web link=http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/12/opinion/la-oe-turley-blasphemy-20111210
|title=Criminalizing intolerance
|author=Jonathan Turley
|source=LA Times
|date=December 12, 2011
|wmdsays=Hillary Clinton working with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to shut down free speech and criminalize criticism of Islam.
|extract=Although the resolution also speaks to combating incitement to violence, the core purpose behind this and previous measures has been to justify those who speak against religion. The members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, or OIC, have been pushing for years to gain international legitimacy of their domestic criminal prosecutions of anti-religious speech.


This year, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton invited nations to come to implement the resolution and "to build those muscles" needed "to avoid a return to the old patterns of division." Those "old patterns" include instances in which writers and cartoonists became the targets of protests by religious groups. The most famous such incident occurred in 2005 when a Danish newspaper published cartoons mocking the prophet Muhammad. The result were worldwide protests in which Muslims reportedly killed more than 100 people — a curious way to demonstrate religious tolerance. While Western governments reaffirmed the right of people to free speech after the riots, they quietly moved toward greater prosecution of anti-religious speech under laws prohibiting hate speech and discrimination.
|hastags=Hillary Clinton
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