STIR CAUSED IN OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING AS MUSLIMS GET RILED OVER IMPLICATIONS THAT ISLAM IS A VIOLENT RELIGION…….

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Via the Gates of Vienna, the Baron dicusses the OSCE’s Human Dimension Roundtable meetings, in which various NGO’s discuss a number of different topics and issues and  all inter-related to the overall security of Europe.

The Baron: Concerning the “human dimension”, here’s what Henrik Ræder Clausen had to say about the OSCE terminology:

“In OSCE terminology, the term human dimension is used to describe the set of norms and activities related to human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, which is regarded within the OSCE as one of the three dimensions of security. The term also indicates that the OSCE norms in this field cover a wider area than traditional human rights law. (Human Dimension commitments, vol. 1, 2005)”

Baron Bodissey: “A Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Gender Equality is being hosted today and tomorrow in Vienna, with a special focus on combating violence against women. Present are Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, representing Pax Europa, Harald Fiegl representing Mission Europa, and Astrid Meyer-Schubert of Akademikerbund. One of the participants filed this report with us earlier today”:

Principle topics of discussion were the need for education and a stable family life. A Counterjihad delegate, who acted as rapporteur for the group, reminded those present that certain religious groups condone violence, and therefore children often learn to be violent as a result. This then creates a cycle of violence from generation to generation.

The rapporteur went on to say that Western society is based on non-violent Christian values and that these needed to be retained and encouraged, and also stated that it is essential for secular law always to supersede religious law, because that is the only way to prevent religiously inspired violence in the home and help children to understand that such violence is not and should not be the norm.

As the reader may imagine, this caused a huge stir even though no particular religion was named. The Muslims present obviously thought that they had been singled out and stated emphatically that Islam is not a violent religion and that it has only been hijacked by violent people.

NGO reps from Kyrgyzstan and Bosnia-Herzegovina immediately took the floor and complained that “[their critics] are against Islam as being seen as the main source of violence. Islam cherishes human values.” They said that Islam should not be targeted all the time, even though Islam was not even mentioned. As it turned out it was not the Counterjihad representative who brought up the ‘I’ word, but Islamic delegates themselves.

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