Another Win For Yahweh And Jesus!

Score 1 for Christianity and 0 for Islam. Another win for Yahweh and Jesus!

The Islamic nations whose leaders want Christianity criminalized - - yes, you read that correctly - - sustained a severe blow at the United Nations today when the momentum on their religion "anti-defamation" proposal suddenly shifted.

WND previously reported on the plan that has been in the works since 1999, sponsored by the Organization of the Islamic Conference. The "anti-defamation" law was proposed ostensibly to protect religions from criticism and attack. However, the plan mentions only Islam as needing protection.


Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, has assembled a petition opposing the plan that has been signed by about 400,000 people already. Sekulow said the effect of the proposal would be to intimidate anyone in the world from criticizing radical Islam.

While the proposal has been modified to try to appeal to Western nations, including drafts that would have made it criminal to "defame another religion," only Islam is mentioned by name.

A U.S. Ambassador told a Fox News blogger, "The resolution could criminalize free speech."
Fox News religion contributor Lauren Green continued, "But you say, 'That can’t happen,' or 'that would be ludicrous.' The fact is, it's already happening. Christians and other minority religions in predominantly Islamic areas or countries are being persecuted to barbaric levels. Reports from Nairobi, Kenya, say that one aid worker was beheaded in September for converting from Islam to Christianity; the Iranian government has already passed a bill calling for execution on the basis of apostasy (anyone converting from Islam to another religion), and of course we've seen the violence that erupted over the Danish cartoon of the prophet Mohammed."

Sekulow said today's U.N. General Assembly vote, which was 86 yes, 53 no and 42 abstentions, was a dramatic shift from the vote from one year ago, which was 108 yes, 51 no, and 25 abstentions.

Because of the circuitous route to adoption in the labyrinth of the U.N., a General Assembly vote such as today's does not automatically mean adoption. Nor does it mean the proposal will disappear.

Still, any time religious persecution is defeated we must be grateful and give thanks in prayer. At the same time, the fact that this is even open for serious discussion and debate should be ANOTHER CLEAR SIGN OF THE TIMES who refuse to take their head out of the sand and recognize that the hour is late.

The vote also followed by just days a lawsuit filed against the Federal Reserve for a financial bailout plan that provided funding to AIG, which has announced a special program of Shariah-compliant products and services inside the United States.

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