If the OIC wishes to change many people’s perception that Islam violates human rights, suppressing freedom of speech is hardly the best way to go about it. The way to change such a perception would be to marshal evidence against it, and to make the case that human rights – including the rights of women – are as well protected in Islamic countries as they are in non-Islamic countries.
比如，伊斯兰会议组织在声明中提出“伊斯兰教常常被错误地与破坏人权和恐怖主义联系在一起。”这种联系果真有误吗？如果伊斯兰会议组织希望改变人们心目中伊斯兰教侵犯人权的看法，压制言论自由恐怕并不是达到目的的最佳方式。改变这种看法可以通过搜集相反的证据，并证明人权——包括妇女权利在内——在伊斯兰国家与非伊斯兰国家得到了同样的保护。