Someone in the 1970s said "We are rapidly moving towards a world where everything which is not compulsory is illegal".
Sadly, there is a serious truth in that remark.
I can see a law like this being supported by every kind of control freak, dictator and anal-retentive wowser, because it validates the notion of government-controlled expression of opinion.
Will the UN be declaring that all religious views, and any new religion, has this 'protection' ? Who will decide if a new religion (or any existing religion) is legitimate ? This is so Big Brother it is breath-taking and nauseating.
It is the thin edge of the wedge.
I have observed communities where every moment of the day had prescribed duties - I'm thinking of initiated devotees in the hare krishna movement - the rationale was that by making every moment and every action subject to one religious obligation or another, the mind would be kept 'on track'. This is very similar to the ongoing conditioning process of Islam, which any person educated in basic psychology would recognise as classical mind-control ( IMO) .
It is precisely this appalling micro-management of human behaviour which turned me from being sympathetic towards Islam to considering it as evil an influence as any dictator. There is a human tendency to abdicate from the moral obligation to make personal reasoned judgements, and replace that with conformity to a set of rules, which effectively creates a society of ritualised zombies, who lack the capacity or inclination to use their own judgement. Permanent infantilism, in other words.
I find it utterly offensive that my behaviour must be modified to accomodate the fearful and IMO ignorant , who are terrified of the implications of freedom and responsibility. Whole cultures are suffering from something akin to Stockhiolm Syndrome IMO.
If this curse is allowed to stand, the encouragement given to the fearful control-freaks will only result in even more demands, and give those demands the appearance of social responsibility.
The demand for obedience is the same whether it is Islam, communist totalitarianism, or violent dictatorship.
BTW ... will it be illegal for Sunnis and Shias to insult one another ? Because on any given day, the vast majority of insults to muslims come from other muslims.
Do muslims demand that it be illegal for Sunnis to vilify Shias ? No.
Do muslims demand that it be illegal for muslims to call non-muslims 'kaffirs' ? No.
Do muslims demand that it be illegal for muslims (or christians) to attempt to terrify the children of the world with threats of hell and eternal punishment ? No.
Given that muslims cannot stop vilifying one another, this law is a sickening bad joke, and utter hypocrisy.
Mohammed has created a monster ! How can all non-muslims be expected to respect a religion, when Mohammed himself said that 72 of its 73 sects are so wrong they will go to hell ? Would Mohammed be charged with religious vilification for saying that ? It is beyond a bad joke.
Your children's children's children will hate you for allowing this. This is one giant leap backward to medieval superstition and mind-control, all based on the politics and tribal wars of one isolated medieval culture.
Why should the majority of humans tolerate any intolerant institution which considers them to be beneath respect ? Seriously, is 'kaffir' not used as as a vilification of non-muslims ? Why are only muslims to be allowed to disrespect everyone else (including each other) ?