ISIS persecutn of gay men pounds fear for LGBT muny Mlim society where they're already isolated - CBS News

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The Sultan of Bnei is utterly wrong to stute this ath penalty. There is nothg Islamic about crimalizg gay people.

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INSI LOOK AT ISIS' BTAL PERSECUTN OF GAYS

The ty natn of Bnei troduc severe penalti for gay sex and adultery — stong to ath and whippg — spe global nmnatn. * lgbt in islam stoning to death *

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.

The fear of a horrific ath among gay men unr ISIS le is further pound by their isolatn a eply nservative society that largely shuns Mlims nsir homosexualy to be sful. 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.

A 26-year-old Syrian gay man told the AP that even two years after fleeg to Turkey, he wak up shaken by nightmar that he is about to be hurled om a buildg. "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.

ISIS KILLERS HUG MEN ACCED OF BEG GAY BEFORE STONG THEM ATH

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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.

13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH

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.

BNEI ENACTS ISLAMIC LAWS TO PUNISH GAY SEX WH STONG TO ATH — HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

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.

STONG GAY PEOPLE TO DEATH BNEI IS AN OUTRAGE AND NOT MY DEFN OF ISLAM

The crime of homosexualy is one of the greatt of crim, the worst of ss and the most abhorrent of eds, and Allah punished those who did a way that He did not punish other natns. “Bee the evil nsequenc of homosexualy are among the worst of evil nsequenc, so s punishment is one of the most severe of punishments this world and the Hereafter.

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Iran, Yemen among untri where beg gay is punishable by ath .

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