The Orlando massacre is a hio remr to Amerins that homophobia is an tegral part of Islamic extremism. It is important to tablish why a man like Omar Mateen uld be motivated to murr 49 people a gay nightclub while he proclaimed his support for Islamic State and then pray to Allah. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Fellow of the Future of Diplomacy Project exam the nnectn between homophobia and the Islamic relign.
Contents:
- INSI LOOK AT ISIS' BTAL PERSECUTN OF GAYS
- UNR ISIS: WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHED BY DEATH
- TWO GAY MEN WHO FLED ISIS JT MA U.N. HISTORY
- THE SECRET, HYPOCRIL GAY WORLD OF ISIS
- AMID BRAZEN, ADLY ATTACKS, GAY SYRIANS TELL OF FEAR OF ISIS PERSECUTN
- ISIS LGBT PERSECUTN: AT UN SECURY COUNCIL MEETG, GAY ISLAMIC STATE VICTIMS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ DISCSED
INSI LOOK AT ISIS' BTAL PERSECUTN OF GAYS
The group's public executns of gay men are part of a liberate moral policg mpaign, one aimed at showg supporters and enemi alike that means to enforce s narrow, atavistic view of Islamic law wherever n. * isis lgbt *
REYHANLI, Turkey -- Before a crowd of men on a street the Syrian cy of Palmyra, the masked Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) judge read out the sentence agast the two men nvicted of homosexualy: They would be thrown to their aths om the roof of the nearby Wael asked one of the men if he was satisfied wh the sentence.
UNR ISIS: WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHED BY DEATH
"ISIS are also profsnal when to trackg gay people," one gay Iraqi man told a historic ssn of the U.N. Secury Council. "They hunt them down one by one. ... And 's like domo. If one go, the others will be taken down too." * isis lgbt *
Gay men are hnted nstantly by the possibily that someone, perhaps even a relative, will betray them to the ants - whether to curry favor wh ISIS or simply out of hatred for their sexual orientatn. "Subhi Nahas, a 28-year-old gay Syrian who now liv San Francis, said he fled bee he feared his own father might turn him to al Qaeda's affiliate, the Nra Front, which also has targeted his father learned he was gay, Nahas said he lled him a shame to the fay and beat him.
TWO GAY MEN WHO FLED ISIS JT MA U.N. HISTORY
ISIS murred a 15-year-old acced of beg gay but spared the life of his ‘rapist,’ a senr jihadi manr. What li behd the btal double standard? * isis lgbt *
Around the same time, late 2013, Nra fighters lnched a crackdown on spected gays Nahas' hometown of Maaret al-Numan, tag 25 men and announcg through mosque loudspeakers that they would cleanse the town of homosexuals.
THE SECRET, HYPOCRIL GAY WORLD OF ISIS
Amid adly ISIS attacks, fear of persecutn hnts a Syrian gay rights activist phg for rights for lbian, gay, bisexual and trans people. * isis lgbt *
Fearful that he wouldn't be safe even Turkey, he legally rettled to the Uned Stat Augt, Nahas and a gay Iraqi man spoke about the sufferg of homosexuals their untri at the first-ever U. Secury Council ssn spotlightg vlence and discrimatn agast lbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenr stigma surroundg homosexualy mak difficult to document ISIS killgs and intify victims, rights groups say.
AMID BRAZEN, ADLY ATTACKS, GAY SYRIANS TELL OF FEAR OF ISIS PERSECUTN
Gays unr ISIS le are terrified to speak, and most who flee abroad go to ' own announcements are the ma source of rmatn, but the group often do not name the victims, perhaps ference to their fai, who uld lash out anger at havg their nam publicly lked to homosexuals. The acunts differ on the method of killg, and some acunts give lser penalti some bas s punishment on one acunt which Muhammad reportedly says gays "should be thrown om tremendo height then stoned.
Durg their le Afghanistan the 1990s, the Taliban had their own method: The victim would be put a p and a stone wall would be toppled on top of morate Mlim clerics ignore the ath penalty provisns, even as they fiercely nounce homosexualy. Across the Arab world, homosexuals have been arrted and sentenced to prison on charg lked to "bchery" - and sometim lashed Iran and Sdi, the man who watched the killgs Palmyra, said he remas shaken. A 2016 report by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn c more than 70 untri which homosexualy is outlawed, and many of them are cltered around the area where ISIS is strongt.
ISIS LGBT PERSECUTN: AT UN SECURY COUNCIL MEETG, GAY ISLAMIC STATE VICTIMS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ DISCSED
The group's public executns of gay men are part of a liberate moral policg mpaign, one aimed at showg supporters and enemi alike that means to enforce s narrow, atavistic view of Islamic law wherever n.
The tragic events at the Pulse nightclub Orlando shed light on a lser-known facet of the Islamic State (IS): the group's vilently hostile views toward homosexualy, particular s targetg of gay men. To be sure, gay men were beg targeted by the Iraqi and Syrian regim prr to the announcement of the so-lled IS "Caliphate, " and the regn's legal and relig climate is often hospable to that muny.