NGO'S WANT UN TO REVERSE RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ANTI-SEMITISM

NGOs want bias blinders
A group of non-governmental organizations asked the United Nations to reverse U.N. resolutions condemning anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and Christianophobia. The group, which includes Quakers, Lutherans, the Roman Catholic Franciscan Order and the International Association for Religious Freedom, says condemning specific prejudices creates a hierarchy favoring certain religions.

In a statement submitted in Geneva, the group instead urged the U.N. Human Rights Commission, which begins a six-week session in March, to treat all religious discrimination equally.

Jewish groups say anti-Semitism should be singled out because it led to one of history’s greatest genocides. “The statement coming out of the heart of Europe is chilling, especially as we are commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust,” said Amy Goldstein, director of U.N. affairs for B’nai B’rith International.