It all started with cartoons of the prophet Muhammad that set off an angry protest all over the Muslim world. Because of this, they are now planning to start a campaign to protect religious symbols from getting made fun of or mocked. This campaign would require them to limit free speech only if it it any way offends religious believers. This proposal is not too strong of a treaty due to the fact that the U.S. has crossed some lines with other treaties such as one on the protection of migrant workers. If any of the member states refused to join this treaty, there is a high percentage that these countries would face a good amount of criticism simply for not joining due to them believing in something that goes against their proposal. Secretary Hiliary Clinton states that she strongly disagrees with some people who think that "the best way to protect the freedom of religion is to implement so-called anti-defamation policies that would restrict freedom of expression and the freedom of religion."
I believe that this proposal by the Muslim countries was a great idea considering they are asking nicely about it instead of demanding something which could lead to many problems later problems down the road for them by maybe creating a new enemy for themself.
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