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: The top U.N. rights organic structure on Thursday passed a declaration proposed by Islamic states saying it is deeply concerned about the calumny of faiths and urging authorities to forbid it.

The European Union said the textual matter was one-sided because it primarily focused on Islam.

The U.N. Person Rights Council, which is dominated by Arabian and other Moslem countries, adopted the declaration on a 21-10 ballot over the resistance of Europe and Canada.

EU countries, including France, Federal Republic Of Germany and Britain, voted against. Previously europium diplomatists had said they wanted to halt the growth worldwide tendency of using spiritual anti-defamation laws to restrict free speech.

The document, which was set forward by the Organization of the Muslim Conference, "expresses deep concern at efforts to place Islamism with terrorism, force and human rights violations." Today on IHT.com

Although the textual matter mentions frequently to protecting all religions, the lone faith specified as being attacked is Islam, to which eight paragraphs refer.

The declaration "notes with deep concern the intensification of the political campaign of calumny of faiths and the ethnical and spiritual profiling of Moslem minorities in the wake of the tragical events of Sept. 11, 2001."

The europium said, "International human rights law protects primarily people in their exercising of their freedom of faith or belief, not faiths or beliefs as such."

Speaking for the EU, Slovenian Ambassador Andrej Logar said the 27-nation organic structure was committed to tolerance, nondiscrimination and freedom of religion. But instead of a one-sided approach, it would be better to prosecute in duologue with common respect.

The declaration "urges states to take actions to forbid the airing ... of racist and xenophobic ideas" and stuff that would incite to spiritual hatred. It also urges on states to follow laws that would protect against hate and favoritism stemming from spiritual defamation.

Saudi Arabian Peninsula said, "Maybe Islamism is one of the most obvious victims of aggressions under the stalking-horse of freedom of expression."

"It is too bad that there are false interlingual renditions and readings of the freedom of expression," the Saudi Arabian Arabian deputation told the council, adding that no civilization should incite to spiritual hate by attacking sacred teachings.

Some 15 OIC members throw seating on the 47-nation council. All but Gabon, which abstained, voted for the resolution.

India, as one of 14 states to abstain, said the textual matter addressed the job insufficiently from a narrow position because it focused on one religion.

The pressure level to protect faiths from calumny have been growing ever since a Danish magazine published imitations of Muhammad, provoking public violences across the Muslim human race in 2006 in which tons of people were killed. The publication of a different ape in a Swedish newspaper last twelvemonth again led to protestations from Muslims.

Islamic tradition prohibits images of Muhammad, and Muslims claimed the imitations were intended to affront their faith.

The declaration shows "grave concern at the serious recent cases of intentional stereotyping of religions, their disciples and sacred people in the media."

In a separate vote, South Korean Peninsula joined European states and Japanese Islands in passing a U.N. declaration against human rights maltreatments in North Korea.

It was only the 2nd clip since 2003 that Capital Of South Korea have supported a U.N. declaration on North Korean human rights rather than abstain.

The U.N. Person Rights Council in the declaration expressed deep concern about continuing studies of systematic misdemeanors in the North. The council decided to widen the assignment of a U.N. expert to look into the state for another year.

It adopted the declaration on a 22-7 vote, with 18 abstentions. The no ballots included China, Cuba, Russia, Indonesia, Egypt, Malaya and Nicaragua.