East London Mosque mands apology for 'Allah is gay' plards at Pri London | PkNews

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• LGBT PRI LONDON: POLICE ATTEMPT TO REMOVE ‘ALLAH IS GAY’ PLARDS FOR G OFFENCE
• EAST LONDON MOSQUE MANDS APOLOGY FOR ‘ALLAH IS GAY’ PLARDS AT PRI LONDON

LGBT PRI LONDON: POLICE ATTEMPT TO REMOVE ‘ALLAH IS GAY’ PLARDS FOR G OFFENCE

Banners bearg slogans such as “Allah is gay”, “F*** Islamic homophobia” and “East London Mosque c murr of LGBTs” were rried at the event by members of the Council of Ex-Mlims of Bra (CEMB), who were a participatg group listed on Pri’s lears om the Mlim muny wrote to the event’s anisers to raise ncerns the msag ced London 2017East London Mosque spokman Salman Farsi told the Standard: “We’ve raised a plat wh the -chairs of the event that the group was cg hatred agast Mlims, and particular [ relatn] to our good name, based on absolutely groundls of the banners said "F*** Islamic homophobia", wh the "F*** Islam" part red / CEMB“Our track rerd for challengg homophobia East London is que well known, ” he add, cg mpaigns to nmn “gay-hate” stickers that spng up around Tower Hamlets several years ago and the mosque’s public nmnatns of attacks on LGBT people. “Our relign don’t promote hatred or homophobia. Y, there might be theologil topics alg wh homosexualy Islam, but that’s clearly very separate om promotg hatred and homophobia, ” said Mr plard bore the slogan "Islamophobia is an oxymoron" / CEMBHe add that the mosque had asked for an apology om Pri and a probe to what had Masoud, a firefighter and LGBT secretary for the Fire Brigas Unn, stood next to CEMB activists at Pri and told the Standard she was also disturbed by the slogans.

“The group scrib self as a safe space for gay people and former Mlims.

What I don’t support is people holdg up signs sayg ‘F*** Islam’ at Pri, ” she said, addg that she was speakg as an dividual rather than on behalf of the published a blog on the FBU webse on Wednday which she nmned the banners as Islamophobic, but was taken down as the unn had yet to agree a mon stance on the 20 CEMB activists marched on Saturday wh plards bearg a range of msag om “We’re here, we’re kaffir, get ed to ” to “Allah is gay”. Several wore body pat across their chts pictg ey cryg rabow-loured Namazie, spokwoman for CEMB, said the group was prottg the treatment of LGBT people stat unr hardle Islamic learship, such as Sdi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen and Iran – where homosexualy is a pal Namazie told the Standard was “apt” to name the East London Mosque on the plards. "At Pri, we were highlightg the 13 stat unr Islamic le that kill gay men - 14 if we clu Dah-held terrori.

EAST LONDON MOSQUE MANDS APOLOGY FOR ‘ALLAH IS GAY’ PLARDS AT PRI LONDON

"Ms Namazie said that the signs did not say "F*** Islam" but "F*** Islamic homophobia", addg: "In my view Islam, like all religns, is homophobic. "She said: "Pri is full of 'God is gay' and 'J had two fathers' plards as well as those mockg the church and prits and pope, yet hold a sign sayg 'Allah is gay' - as we did - and the police nverge to attempt to remove them for g offence.

"CEMBA bate on an onle fom attracted hundreds of ments after a man wrote that his Mlim iend – who went along to Pri to show support – was left feelg sulted by the "Allah is gay" sign. Why “Allah is Gay”?

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