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Contents:
- WHAT DO ISLAM SAY ABOUT BEG GAY?
- A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
- WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM
- I'M GAY AND MLIM. I SAW MYSELF THE QURAN
- LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
WHAT DO ISLAM SAY ABOUT BEG GAY?
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed has risked anger and jury to further the e of gay Mlims. Ten years after he tablished Europe's first clive mosque, he explor what has changed. * gay and islam *
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A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
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WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM
The group bas this gome punishment on one acunt which the Prophet Muhammad reportedly said gays "should be thrown om tremendo height then stoned.
I'M GAY AND MLIM. I SAW MYSELF THE QURAN
" Over the past two years, ISIS has thrown dozens of gay men om tall buildgs the areas of Iraq and Syria unr s ntrol. Before ISIS, the method was rarely ed, though other ants have targeted spected gays and lbians for ath. How Do Other Countri In The Regn Treat Gays?
Across the Arab world, gays have been arrted and sentenced to prison on charg lked to "bchery" - and faced floggg or even the ath penalty Iran and Sdi Arabia. In Egypt, there have been police raids of spected gay gathergs and people have been put on trial g a vague legal text that equat homosexualy wh prostut and tri gays for "vlatg public moraly. " "Middle Eastern and North Ain untri have nounced the Orlando shootg when at the same time they crimalize homosexualy wh sentenc rangg om years prison to the ath penalty, " said Ahmed Benchemsi, munitns and advocy director for the Middle East and North Ai at Human Rights Watch.
" >> The real opprsors of Gaza's gay muny: Hamas or Israel?
LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
|| Opn >> In ntrast to much of the regn, Israel is wily tolerant of the LGBT muny, and Tel Aviv holds a massive annual gay pri para.
Still, a Lebane law forbids homosexualy, although is rarely enforced and has been challenged urts.