Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used an international conference on religious freedom Wednesday as a platform to suggest that Islamic governments which suppress Christianity are secretly afraid Islam will lose out in a public debate.
Every one of us who is a religious person knows there are some who may not support or approve of our religion, but is our religion so weak that statements of disapproval cause us to lose our faith? she asked the attendees, who included national representatives from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Especially when one persons speech seems to challenge another persons religions belief, or maybe even offends that persons religious beliefs we defend our beliefs best by defending free speech for everyone, she said, while citing her own experience as a Methodist a Christian movement made up of many Protestant denominations, and where debate is common.
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Among the attendees were representatives of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Clinton did not mention any country by name, nor did she specifically mention Islam.
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Representatives of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia would not be happy to hear this.