[ April 11, 2026 ]
Actually, it's fitting that the Organization of the Islamic Conference would want its own "human rights" council. The very idea of "human rights" in Islamic countries is an anathema to sharia law, so why not "refine" what is or is not a human rights abuse?
A bloc of the world’s Islamic states, which has been accused of undermining
human rights at the United Nations, is planning to establish its own
“independent human rights commission.”
The Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC), the 57-nation bloc of Muslim nations at the U.N., held a
conference Sunday at its headquarters in Saudi Arabia to discuss the
plan.
human rights at the United Nations, is planning to establish its own
“independent human rights commission.”
The Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC), the 57-nation bloc of Muslim nations at the U.N., held a
conference Sunday at its headquarters in Saudi Arabia to discuss the
plan.
In Saudi Arabia – now that's rich. This is the country that punishes rape victims with 100 lashes. Oh, this is rich. What next, a gay rights council out of Iran?
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OIC Secretary-General Eklemeddin Ihsanoglu in a speech stressed
that “human rights and man’s dignity are an integral part of Islam and core
components of Islamic culture and heritage,” according to an OIC
statement.
that “human rights and man’s dignity are an integral part of Islam and core
components of Islamic culture and heritage,” according to an OIC
statement.
Oh no, here it comes. Taqiyya!
International interest in the issue of human rights had grown
exponentially over the past two decades, said Ihsanoglu, a Turkish academic. The
complexity of the issue called for the need to refine the Cairo Declaration on
Human Rights, he added, “in keeping with the current global human rights
discourse.”
exponentially over the past two decades, said Ihsanoglu, a Turkish academic. The
complexity of the issue called for the need to refine the Cairo Declaration on
Human Rights, he added, “in keeping with the current global human rights
discourse.”
The Cairo Declaration should never, ever, have been allowed into the UN. The Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam (CDHRI) is a declaration of the member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, which provides an overview on the Islamic perspective on human rights, and affirms Islamic Shari'ah
as its sole source. CDHRI declares its purpose to be "general guidance
for Member States [of the OIC] in the Field of human rights". This
declaration is usually seen as an Islamic counterpart of and a response
to the post-World War II United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of 1948.
The 1990 declaration controversially states that all human
rights and freedoms must be subject to Islamic law (shari’a), although senior
Islamic leaders have over the years disputed the assertion that the Islamic
document contradicts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The OIC
statement did not elaborate on how the bloc envisaged that the Cairo Declaration
would be “refined.”
[…]
Arguing that Islam and Muslims are
increasingly under attack, the OIC has over the past decade sponsored a string
of controversial “defamation of religion” resolutions at the U.N. General
Assembly and at the world body’s human rights agencies, the Commission on Human
Rights and its successor Human Rights Council.
rights and freedoms must be subject to Islamic law (shari’a), although senior
Islamic leaders have over the years disputed the assertion that the Islamic
document contradicts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The OIC
statement did not elaborate on how the bloc envisaged that the Cairo Declaration
would be “refined.”
[…]
Arguing that Islam and Muslims are
increasingly under attack, the OIC has over the past decade sponsored a string
of controversial “defamation of religion” resolutions at the U.N. General
Assembly and at the world body’s human rights agencies, the Commission on Human
Rights and its successor Human Rights Council.
Defamation of religion is a club to silence free speech. That's it.
Opponents of the campaign
say it amounts to an attempt to place Islam and some of the more controversial
practices associated with it above criticism – to protect a religion, rather
than its adherents, from “defamation.”
[…]
Only 14 of the OIC’s 57 members qualify
as “electoral democracies,” according to criteria applied by Freedom House. None
are Arab states.
And of the 57, only six – Benin, Guyana, Indonesia,
Mali, Senegal and Suriname – are deemed “free” according to Freedom House
assessment. The democracy watchdog scores all nations annually for political
rights and civil liberties, classifying them as either “free,” “partly free” or “not free.”
say it amounts to an attempt to place Islam and some of the more controversial
practices associated with it above criticism – to protect a religion, rather
than its adherents, from “defamation.”
[…]
Only 14 of the OIC’s 57 members qualify
as “electoral democracies,” according to criteria applied by Freedom House. None
are Arab states.
And of the 57, only six – Benin, Guyana, Indonesia,
Mali, Senegal and Suriname – are deemed “free” according to Freedom House
assessment. The democracy watchdog scores all nations annually for political
rights and civil liberties, classifying them as either “free,” “partly free” or “not free.”
Orwellian zombie time.
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