Malaysian man ws landmark challenge agast Mlim gay sex ban | CNN

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• MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK CHALLENGE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN
• MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK CHALLENGE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE

MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK CHALLENGE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN

The se is beg terpreted by the protters as a step towards legimisg LGBTQ+ general secretary for Malawi Council of Church (MCC), the Rev Alemekezeke Chikondi Phiri, who helped anise Thursday’s march the ci of Lilongwe, Blantyre, Mzuzu and Zomba said the Christian church are not agast dividuals but that the practice of homosexualy is a s. “Jt as the church r for all sners, and wants them to repent, will also do the same wh gay men and lbians. In fact, their march is ntrary to what is the urt, and I wonr if they really unrstand what they are dog bee the se is not about legalisg homosexualy, ” said Nyasa Rabow Alliance -founr and executive director, Eric Sambisa, said that as well as vlence, the LGBTQ+ muny Malawi is facg challeng to accs jtice.

A Malaysian man on Thursday won a landmark urt challenge agast an Islamic ban on sex “agast the orr of nature, ” raisg hop for greater acceptance of gay rights the mostly Mlim untry.

MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK CHALLENGE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN

The Mlim man his 30s – whose name has been whheld by his lawyer to protect his privacy – filed the lawsu after he was arrted the central Selangor state 2018 for attemptg gay sex, which he ni. LGBT+ advot say Islamic laws have been creasgly ed to target the Southeast Asian untry’s gay muny, wh a rise arrts and punishments rangg om ng to jailg. Dpe the lg, gay Malaysian men still face up to 20 years jail unr a Brish lonial-era law that bans gay sex, known as Sectn 377.

In Malaysia, a untry of 32 ln where 60% of the populatn is Mlim, many gay people are not open about their sexualy.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE

The man who lnched the legal challenge argued that Selangor had no power to enforce an Islamic ban on “terurse agast the orr of nature” when gay sex was already a crime unr civil laws. The man volved the legal challenge was among 11 men arrted on spicn of attemptg gay sex durg a raid at a private rince.

Hop for greater acceptance of gay rights the mostly Mlim untry of Malaysia have risen after a landmark urt challenge agast an Islamic ban on sex "agast the orr of nature" pots:The Mlim man his 30s was arrted for attemptg to have gay sexGay sex between men is illegal Malaysia, but Mlim people n also be punished unr sperate Islamic lawThe man succsfully argued that bee the act is already illegal unr civil law, Islamic provisns are unnstutnal A Mlim Malaysian man his 30s brought the challenge to urt after he was arrted the central Selangor state 2018 for attemptg gay sex, which he acts are illegal Malaysia, although nvictns are untry, which has 13 stat, has a dual-track legal system wh Islamic crimal and fay laws applible to Mlims nng alongsi civil advot say Islamic laws have been creasgly ed to target the South-East Asian untry's gay muny, wh a rise arrts and punishments rangg om ng to a unanimo cisn, Malaysia's top urt led that the Islamic provisn ed Selangor was unnstutnal and thori had no power to enact the law. "The man who lnched the legal challenge argued that Selangor had no power to enforce an Islamic ban on "terurse agast the orr of nature" when gay sex was already a crime unr civil urt agreed, clarg that the state's power to enact such offenc "is subject to a nstutnal lim, " the Chief Jtice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat wrote the Selangor Islamic Relig Council, a rponnt the su, did not immediately rpond to a requt for man volved the legal challenge was among 11 men arrted on spicn of attemptg gay sex durg a raid at a private of the group plead guilty and were sentenced to jail, ng and f 2019. Five Malaysians ned and jailed for attempted gay sex, se slammed by LGBTI rights groupFive men Malaysia were sentenced to jail and ngs on Thursday by an Islamic urt for attemptg to have gay sex, lol media and a rights group and same-sex acts are illegal unr Islamic law Mlim-majory Malaysia, although nvictns are Selangor Shariah High Court sentenced four men to six months’ jail, six strok of the ne, and a 4, 800 rgg ($1, 163) fe for “attemptg terurse agast the orr of nature”, the Malay-language daily Harian Metro reported.

C is for g out, I is for tersex: the GayBCs for childrenMalaysia is home to 32 ln people, where ethnic Malay-Mlims make up more than 60 per cent of the has a dual-track legal system, wh Islamic crimal and fay laws applible to Mlims nng alongsi civil Afifi, print of sexualy rights group Pelangi, said the sentencg was “outrageo” and uld create an environment of fear wh the LGBTI muny.