Defamation of Religion... huh???

While browsing the net in search of coverage and viewpoints on the Mumbai attacks, I came across a concept I had never heard of before - that of "Defamation of Religion". It all started when I stumbled across the views of an American lawyer with regard to a UN (no less..) committee which has apparently recommended that the General Assembly adopt this. Initially, I thought this was some sort of scam, not the Orwellian piece of legislation it seems to be. However, people, this is very much a reality. Incidentally, India abstained ! The reason, given before the vote was :

"the representative of India said his delegation condemned any attempts to associate Islam, which was a peaceful religion like any other, with terrorism and violence. India also stood against negative stereotyping of any religion. But it was nevertheless concerned that the text under consideration spoke about only one religion, when in fact, all religions faced similar problems."

Here is another view on this.