As Arab paramilitary groups, backed by the Sudanese government, have been carrying out horrific atrocities against Black Africans in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, the United Nations Human Rights Commission has just passed “a watered down statement” regarding Sudan’s involvement. This is despite new revelations that pro-Sudanese government militias rounded up and massacred 136 Black African men last month. According to the BBC

The United States had pushed for a much harder hitting resolution criticising Sudanese government abuses.

Unlike the original draft resolution, the text does not go into details about the targeting of civilians by the Arab militias in Sudan, or mention rape, sexual assault and forced removals of black communities in the area.

Rather than condemning Sudan, it expresses solidarity with the country in overcoming the present situation.

Critics say this is a considerable climb-down by the UN and the resolution was voted against by the US.

The United Nations Human Rights Commission is expressing solidarity with a government sponsoring rape, mass murder, and ethnic cleansing. The UN last year put Libya in charge of the Commission, despite objections from rights advocates like Human Rights Watch (HRW). Also last year, the UN voted to give well-known human rights violator Cuba a seat on the commission. Obviously the Commission, a group of dictatorships, is unwilling to do anything about atrocities committed against Black people in the Sudan.

Sudan, with a population of 36 million, is 52% Black, 39% Arab, and 3% Beja. The country’s religious makeup is 70% Sunni Muslim and 25% indigenous believers. The name Sudan actually means “land of the blacks” in Arabic. During the 1980s, Black Christians and followers of various tribal religions in southern Sudan rebelled against the Muslim north. 2 million people were killed during the civil war. Amnesty International accused the north of carrying out ethnic cleansing against the southern Nuba tribe. The Muslim majority imposed Islamic law (“shari'ah”) on the whole population through a constitution ratified June 30, 1998.

The massacres carried out recently by Sudanese Muslim Arabs against “non-believers” is just one more example of the Islamist threat posed to the world today. Whether it is Indonesia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Moscow, or New York City, the Islamists have been sending a clear message: Either believe what we believe or die. The UN has proved again that it is not the organization civilized people should turn to for protection against Islamist evil.