Doudou Diene, a “UN expert” on racism, recently told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that “Islamophobia today is the most serious form of religious defamation”, but he failed to define “religious defamation”, or to say why it was a serious thing. Citing the Danish Motoons, and Lars Vilks’ recent MoDog, Diene said this was evidence that the basic principle of coexistence of different cultures and different religions, which is the lasting basis for peace, is threatened now […] freedom of expression cannot be used as a pretext or excuse for incitement to racial or religious hatred. Listen, Doudou: a cartoon of Mohammed with a dog’s body does not … Continue reading MediaWatchWatch