Persecution of Homosexuals

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Narated By Abdullah ibn Abbas : The Prophet (pbuh) said: If you find anyone doing as Lot's people did, kill the one who does it, and the one to whom it is done. - Abu Dawud 38:4447 Read more quotes like these

Homosexuality in Islam is not only a sin, but a crime under Islamic law. With the rise of the Islamic population in the West, also comes the rise in persecution. For example, while Muslims comprise just 2% of the total British population, they commit 25% of all anti-Homosexual crimes.^[1] However, this ongoing and increasing persecution of homosexuals by Muslims around the world, rarely makes the mainstream news. The fear of offending Islamic sensibilities and enraging the Muslim populous has effectively silenced the free world in many areas. Thanks to the internet, those of us who search can find many news items that would otherwise be lost.

Contents 1 Persecution by Country 1.1 Afghanistan 1.2 Algeria 1.3 Bahrain 1.4 Bangladesh 1.5 Belgium 1.6 Bosnia 1.7 Egypt 1.8 Eritrea 1.9 France 1.10 Gambia 1.11 Holland 1.12 India 1.13 Indonesia 1.14 Iran 1.15 Iraq 1.16 Italy 1.17 Kenya 1.18 Kuwait 1.19 Lebanon 1.20 Malaysia 1.21 Morocco 1.22 Netherlands 1.23 Nigeria 1.24 Pakistan 1.25 Palestinian Authority area 1.26 Qatar 1.27 Saudi Arabia 1.28 Senegal 1.29 Somalia 1.30 Tanzania 1.31 Turkey 1.32 United Arab Emirates 1.33 United Kingdom 1.34 United States 2 References 3 See also

[edit] Persecution by Country

Here are links listed by country, to news article related to Islamic persecution of Homosexuals.

• New United Nations General Assembly President Ali Abdussalam Calls Homosexuality 'Unnacceptable'

[edit] Afghanistan

• Three Men Buried Alive Under a Pile of Stones & a Wall Pushed on Top of Them, For Sodomy in The Town of Kandahar
• Two men executed for sodomy in the western province of Herat
• 84-Year-Old Man Survives 'Stoning' by Collapsing Wall
• American & Afghan, Arrested & Jailed For Homosexual Activity

[edit] Algeria

• Gay Man Seeks Asylum in UK, Beaten & Threatened With Death by Muslims

[edit] Bahrain

• Crack Down on Gay Migrant Workers. 2,000 Gay Filipino Workers Deported
• Cross-Dresser Arrested & charged with committing an immoral act (i.e. Driving His Car While Dressed in Female Attire & Make-up)

[edit] Bangladesh

• Gay Couple Seeking Refuge, After Being Stoned, Whipped, Cast Out From Family, Community & a Local Cleric Issued Fatwa Calling For Their Deaths

[edit] Belgium

• Moroccan Muslim Faith Healer Called by Parents to 'Treat' 18 Year-Old Lesbian Daughter, Arrested Over Her Burning Death

[edit] Bosnia

• Muslims Attack Gays at Bosnia's gay festival

[edit] Egypt

• Egypt Officially Brands Homosexuals "Perverts" Who Spread AIDS
• Crackdown on Homosexual Conduct Exposes Torture Crisis
• 55 Men Arrested & Subjected to Torture. Charged With "Obscene Behavior" & "Contempt For Religion"
• Gay Israeli Tourist Arrested and Jailed
• Egyptian government accused of HIV witch-hunt

[edit] Eritrea

• Eritrea Expels Three Hotel Employees For ’Immorality’

[edit] France

• Muslim Soccer Team Refuse to Play Against Gay Soccer Team

[edit] Gambia

• President Threatens To Sack Gay And Lesbian Soldiers In Gambia, Describes Homosexuality as "Evil And Ungodly"

[edit] Holland

• Muslim Gang Brutally Attack Gay Catwalk Model
• Gay Couple Attacked by Muslims. Mugger Claims "This is a Muslim District"

[edit] India

• Islam Battles Decriminalization of Homosexuality. Muslim Leaders Have Said any Attempt to Legally Permit Unnatural Sex is an Attack on Religious & Moral Values

[edit] Indonesia

• Muslim Communities Thwart Indonesian Protections for Gays

[edit] Iran

• 'No homosexuals in Iran'
• Four Thousand Lesbians & Gays, Have Been Executed, Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution
• Name, Age & Method of Execution Records For 146 Individuals charged With homosexuality related Offences between 1979 - 1990
• Gay Iranian Kills Himself After UK Asylum Appeal Denied
• Book on homosexuality ordered off shelves
• Two Gay Teenagers Executed In Public Hanging
• A Minor Executed For an Act he (Allegedly) Committed at The Age of 13
• Two More Executions for Homosexual Conduct

[edit] Iraq

• 'Moderate' Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani Urges Death to Gay People.
• Targeted by Death Squads: Campaign of "Sexual Cleansing" Has Led to Executions of Many Homosexuals
• Sixty-Eight Gay And Trans-gendered Men Killed Over The Last Four Months
• Pious Islamic Militants Gluing Shut the Anuses of Men Suspected of Being Gay, Then Inducing Diarrhea, Leading to Death
• Crack Down on Gays - 82 Killed in first 7 Months of 2009
• Human Rights Watch: Gays Face Murder, Torture Campaign
• Muslim Gangs Use Internet to Track-Down, Torture And Kill Gays

[edit] Italy

• Lesbian Couple Assaulted by Arab Immigrants

[edit] Kenya

• Council of Imams Opposes Using Taxpayers Money to Count Gay People in the Country as This Amounts to Recognising Their Existence; "Gayness is Contrary to the Constitution Order"

[edit] Kuwait

• Police Arrest 2 Gays For Committing 'Immoral' Acts Inside a Car

[edit] Lebanon

• Two Lesbians Arrested for ‘Unnatural’ Sex
• Fear of Persecution Gets Gay Lebanese Man Asylum Hearing in the United States

[edit] Malaysia

• Malaysian Group Launches Antigay Movement
• Sentenced to 9 Years in Jail for False Charge of Engaging in Sodomy, Acquitted & Released After Serving 6
• Any Gay British Ministers Taking Male Partners to Malaysia will be Thrown Out of the Country, Warns Malaysian Prime Minister
• Former PM Says Gays Should Not Rule Mostly Muslim Malaysia
• No Homosexuals Allowed in Malaysian Navy, Says Chief
• Malaysia’s Islamic Affairs Department: 'Homosexuals are Shameless People' & ‘Homosexuality is a Crime Worse Than Murder’
• Malaysian Leader Attacks Gays & Western ‘Homo” Media in National TV Speech

[edit] Morocco

• Briton Jailed for Gay Sex in Morocco
• Six Men in Morocco Sentenced to Prison for ‘Homosexual Conduct’ After Hundreds Marched Through the Streets, Calling for Their Punishment

[edit] Netherlands

• Dutch Muslims Force Out 'Gay' Neighbours, by Threatening Them With a Knife & Gun

[edit] Nigeria

• Nigerian government: "In Nigeria, we treat homosexuals with utter contempt."
• Polygamous Lesbians Gone Into Hiding From The Islamic Police
• 2 Gay Nigerian Men Face Being Stoned to Death
• 50 Year-Old Man Sentenced to Death by Stoning, for Gay Sex
• Gay Nigerian Sentenced to Death by Stoning
• Transvestite Faces Possible One Year in Prison
• Fears of Stoning and Violence, as Sharia Court Issues Warrant for Gay Man
• Gay Man Who's Partner Was Murdered by an Angry Mob, Granted Asylum in US
• Escape of Gay Couple Leads to Gov’t Inquiry
• 2 Men charged with sodomy by Islamic court, face stoning

[edit] Pakistan

• Three Men Arrested for Same-Sex Acts
• 60-Year-Old Suspected Homosexual Pulled from Home and Beaten to Death by Muslim Mob

[edit] Palestinian Authority area

• Gay Palestinian men Risking Their Lives to Cross Into Israel, Claiming They Feel Safer Among Israelis Than Their Own People
• Gay Man Criticizes Oppressive Palestinian Society
• West Bank gays more at home in Israel

[edit] Qatar

• Gay and Suspected Gay Workers Banned in Qatar
• Shameful Arrest Silences Gay "Bagong Bayani." Raped by Palestinian, While in Jail for Sodomy

[edit] Saudi Arabia

• Nine Transvestites Jailed for Five Years and 2,600 Lashes Each
• Saudi Executes Three Yemenis for Homosexuality
• Police Arrest 71 Gay Foreigners at a Party, Also Another 55 men Arrested For Being homosexual a Few Weeks Previous
• 20 Arrested at Saudi Gay Wedding
• 100 Men Sentenced to Imprisonment & Flogging, After Unfair Trials For Reputed Homosexual Conduct
• Arab Publisher Translates Word 'Gay' to 'Pervert' in Book Title
• Men Get Seven-Thousand lashes Each For Sodomy

[edit] Senegal

• Gays Fight to be Included in Anti-AIDS Campaigns

[edit] Somalia

• Lesbian Couple Sentenced to Death by Sharia Law, People Cheer as the Judge Hands Down Sentences
• Death Hangs Over Somali Queers: Gangs With Guns Search Streets for People Suspected of Being Gay

[edit] Tanzania

• Muslim Mob Protests American Gay Tourists (Following Traditional Friday Prayers)
• Zanzibar Bans Gay Sex Because "Zanzibar is predominantly Muslim, and in Islam, homosexuality is strictly prohibited,”
• 25-Year Prison Penalty For Homosexuality
• Secrecy, Stones and Insults: The Gay Life on Zanzibar
• Birthday bash for the late Freddie Mercury canceled, Due to Muslim Pressure

[edit] Turkey

• Turkey Restricts Viewing of 'Brokeback Mountain' Saying it Violated Public Morals
• The Victim of Turkey's First Gay Honour Killing
• Eleven Gays Killed over the Last 6 Months in 'Moderate' Turkey
• Turkey suspends gay referee
• Turkish Father Goes on Trial over Gay Son's 'Honor Killing'
• Gay and Lesbian Internet Forums Shut Down by Censorship
• Turkey Sues to Shut Down GLBT Organization, as its "in Conflict With General Morals & The Turkish Family Structure"

[edit] United Arab Emirates

• Officials Lambast Capital’s Gay Party Youth. 26 Men Arresested, Many Dressed in Female Outfits
• Gays Face Forced Medical Treatment
• UAE Sentences 26 Gays To 5 Years In Prison

[edit] United Kingdom

• So-Called Moderate UK Mosque Preaches Hate, Urges Faithful To "Kill Gays"
• Muslim Preacher Calls For Gays to be Stoned to Death in UK
• Muslim Gangs Carry Out Violent Attacks on Gay People in East London
• Failed Muslim Asylum Seeker Beats & Kicks Gay Sales Assistant to Death.
• Iranian legislator: Gays should be Hanged
• Vice Chancellor of City University, London, Allows the Islamic Society to Host Muslim Preacher Who Advocates Murder of Gays & Apostates

[edit] United States

• Muslims Attack Gay Men in Washington, Saying if the Victims Were in Their Country, They'd be Stoned to Death
• "We Hate Gays" Muslim youths shout abuse, throw rocks at gay man in Minnesota
• 'Not One Mosque in the US Accepts Gay Muslims'
• Muslim at Islam on Capitol Hill prayer event: "Homosexuals must be killed" (video)
• Islamic Cleric Who Supported The Stoning of homosexuals, Now The Lead Theological Consultant For Planned Muhammad Movie
• Muslim Cabbie Boots Gay Couple Out, After Spotting the Duo Sharing a Warm Embrace

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Islam and Homosexuality
• Persecution of non-Muslims
• Persecution of Ex-Muslims