The US Human Rights Report Drops Religious Freedom

The mandated Religious Feedom Report disappears from the US Human Rights Report:

”As the issue of religious liberty appears to become more and more of a lost cause to the Obama Administration, the issue takes on a critically important role in the world. From the regime changes underway in Egypt and Tunisia, to the ongoing crackdown of religious believers in China, to the horrid depravity committed against religious believers in Eritrea, to the devolving rights of religious believers in Russia and Venezuela, the impact of religious discrimination and persecution has a direct impact on so many other interrelated issues, not the least of which is counter-terrorism and national security.

“By not updating the annual human rights report with new information and trends of interest, the State Department clearly demonstrates that the issue is of no concern or interest to them. This is an enormously dangerous signal to be sending, especially at a time when the world is in such transition and abuses can easily occur and systems changes can harm fundamental rights of individuals if the Department does not stay active and engaged on the issue.

“Unfortunately, by not updating and incorporating religious freedom in the Annual Human Rights report, the State Department failed at what Secretary Clinton said was its very purpose: "And we hope that this report will give comfort to the activists, will shine a spotlight on the abuses, and convince those in government that there are other and better ways."

Joseph K Grieboski; The Case of the Disappearing Religious Freedom Report.

Obama spent nearly 20 years listening to the religion of Social Justice being shrieked at the church of Black Liberation Christianity, an inverse of Biblical Christianity. Religion of the form: Biblical Christianity, is a problem, a social issue, for Black Liberation Christianity and presumably for acolyte Obama; Biblical Christianity certainly doesn't warrant defending. But Biblical Christianity is not aggressive in a form that can be litigated against; it is best just ignored and its punishment left to others. And Islam, in which Obama was raised, is his target of deference, along with his agenda of Social Justice.

So there are few major forms of religion that are of actual concern to the administration, certainly not the Christianity which is receiving the brunt of punishment from Atheist China, Russia, and Muslims worldwide. And Islam is still seen as the religion of peace and is not to be blamed for the actions of Islamists worldwide according to current policy.

Perhaps if Christians were dealing out the misery rather than receiving it, there might be an outcry. Otherwise, what is there to worry about?

But there is also a legitimate possibility for dropping religious persecution from Human Rights considerations. If religious freedom can be inferred to support the Islamic vision of a worldwide caliphate under Sharia, and to interfere with that Islamic vision can be inferred as a violation of religious freedom, what then? The concept of religious freedom can be easily corrupted into religious totalitarianism, and the freedom to assert that total control over all people. In this sense, religious freedom is a hazard.

Traditionally religious freedom meant the freedom to worship – or not – as one chooses. Implicit is the constraint against forcing religion on others. But for Islam, the religion is force and the practices of the Qur’an advocate and even demand force. Islam is incompatible with Western freedoms and the clash between imposing it and resisting it is inevitable.

This Islamic religious paradox which produces a violent certainty might be a valid reason to avoid the pursuit of religious freedom by the US Government.

Even further, would the USA choose Shia or Sunni? If the USA becomes Shiite, then we must battle the Sunnis who have nukes and control a whole bunch of oil. If the USA becomes Sunni, then we must battle Shiites who foster a whole lot of terrorism and will have some nukes. Well, that’s just a mess, so the USA had better not think about it.

Much less write reports about it.