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| Opinion 11 July 2005
Click here to read the site editor's note on slavery in the Maldives Mullahs in the Maldives have banned the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) citing its reference to religious freedom and inter-faith marriages. Typical of Mullah-Talk, this is only half the truth. Their real issue with the UDHR is that it harshly brings to light everything that is wrong with Islam. They are forced to face the bitter truth that when pitted against an enlightened document like the UDHR, Islam looks as appealing as something the dog brought in.
Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 4: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 6: Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Article 7: All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.
Article 12: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Article 16 (1): Men and
women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality
or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They
are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and
at its dissolution.
Article 18: Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Article 19: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Article 26 (2): Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations…
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Islam’s
incompatibility with UDHR (or to be more precise, civilization
in general) is not limited just to articles 16 and 18. In fact,
Islam is incompatible with the very concept of human rights as
outlined in the preamble of the UDHR, as well as with nearly all
the 30 articles. Space limitations do no allow a full discussion
here. The following paragraphs therefore highlight the most glaring
examples. Each cited Article is followed by commentary [indented]
on how Islam violates that right.
Article
5:
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