Op-Eds

U.N. May Try to Criminalize Criticism of Islam

By | 2009-03-08T16:26:00-04:00 March 8th, 2009|Op-Eds|

UNITED NATIONS -- For the last nine years, the U.N.'s annual ban on defaming Islam has been non-binding. In March, the United Nations may try to impose its view on Islamic blasphemy on all of its member nations -- including the United States -- thus making criticism of Islam a crime. In December, the U.N. General Assembly, as it has every year since 1999, passed a resolution titled "Combating Defamation of Religions."

The victims of the ICC warrant

By | 2009-03-07T19:23:00-04:00 March 7th, 2009|Op-Eds|

The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir, though expected, has lit a fire under Arab and African leaders whose own despotic regimes may very well find themselves on the wrong end of the ICC stick — with no carrots in sight.