Perhaps Western homosexual activists would do better to worry less about marriage and more about the plight of homosexuals in Muslim countries.
AP: Egypt Sentences 5 Men for Homosexuality By MAGGIE MICHAEL
An Egyptian court convicted five men Wednesday on charges of homosexual behavior and sentenced them to three years in prison, officials said.
Defense lawyer, Adel Ramadan, said the judge found the men guilty of the “habitual practice of debauchery” — a term used in the Egyptian legal system to denote consensual homosexual acts.
Pink News: Nigerian Sharia court punishes lesbian couple by Tony Grew
Two women in Kaduna, Nigeria have been sentenced to six months in prison and 20 lashes each for having a lesbian relationship.
The Sharia court said that Malama Hauwa and Hajiya Ai’sha were violating the tenets of Islam and the teachings of Sharia law.
NY Times: Despite Denials, Gays Insist They Exist, if Quietly, in Iran By NAZILA FATHI
Washington Post: Muslim Gays Seek Lesbians For Wives — Social Pressures Push Some Into Sexless Marriage By Ayesha Akram
More info:
Front Page Magazine: Islam’s Love-Hate Relationship with Homosexuality By Serge Trifkovic
Religion Facts: Homosexuality and Islam
For the viewpoint of moderate Muslim scholars:
The Jakarta Post: Islam ‘recognizes homosexuality’ by Abdul Khalik
“Islamic law teaches that homosexuality is a vile form of fornication, punishable by death. Beneath the surface, however, there are implied references to homosexual behavior in paradise, and it has been a part of historical Arab and Muslim culture.”
Verses from the Quran and the Hadith on homosexuality.
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