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Tuesday February 10, 2004
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Malaysians Protest United Nations Attempt to Force Acceptance of Homosexuality
KUALA LUMPUR, February 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Malaysian government leaders and citizens protested this week the upcoming United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) resolution seeking to add "sexual orientation" to the list of prohibited grounds for discrimination. Professor Amina Salim of the University in Penang told an Islamic news service yesterday, "The new resolution that would force Malaysia and Muslim countries to accept and legalize gays and lesbians is an offence to Islam and to Muslims."
As LifeSiteNews.com reported last week, the resolution will be presented at the 60th session of the UNHRC which runs March 15-April 25 in Geneva Switzerland. The motion, which was sponsored by Brazil and co-sponsored by Canada, was postponed last year by a narrow vote at the UNHRC.
Representing the government's opposition to the motion, Dr Rais Yatim, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department said "The municipal or domestic laws of a nation should not be dictated by the U.N.'s mechanism of laws, unless the former wants to comply."
Islam online reports that at the 2003 UNHRC session, Pakistan distributed a memo to commission members on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference which stated the "resolution directly contradicts the tenets of Islam and other religions," and its approval would be "a direct insult to the 1.2 billion Muslims around the world".
See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Homosexual Activists Move to Force Anti-Family Policy via United Nations
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/feb/04020302.html
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http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2004-02/09/article0...
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