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The 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) have their own ideas about the proposed human-rights council.


The 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC "Oh, I see." See digispeak.

(chat) OIC - oh, I see.
) have their own ideas about the proposed human-rights council. They want its charter to ban all "defamation of religions and prophets," and the council to "bring to justice" the defamers. This of course follows the flap about Danish newspapers publishing cartoons disrespectful dis·re·spect·ful  
adj.
Having or exhibiting a lack of respect; rude and discourteous.



disre·spect
 of Muhammad. Just a question: Would the proposed ban cover the astoundingly offensive anti-Semitic cartoons and articles that regularly feature in the press of Muslim nations? Here's a clue: The OIC declared the offending cartoons to be "part of a campaign by Zionist and hostile circles in the West to deface de·face  
tr.v. de·faced, de·fac·ing, de·fac·es
1. To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of; disfigure.

2. To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of.

3.
" Islam. Whereas the hunchbacked hunch·back  
n.
1. An individual whose back is hunched due to abnormal convex curvature of the upper spine. Also called humpback.

2. An abnormally curved or hunched back.

3. Kyphosis.
 Jew toting his bag of gold in the average Muslim-nation newspaper cartoon is just fair comment on the world-manipulating machinations of "Zionists."
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