Muslim lesbian couple defy death threats to tie the knot in civil ceremony

Love makes you brave.

Good for them!

in the face of all the threats

I wish them years of love and happiness together.

so courageous

They'd be welcome on either coast of the US, including my guest room.

nt

However, I doubt that I will ever understand why people in this situation persist in that religion, or any such religion. It seems to me that, if what you believe and honor as your religion does not permit something, then make the sacrifice and honor the tenets of your faith. Or, take a deep look at what you really believe and grow forward and make changes.

Scholars of Islam, such as Sheikh al-Islam Imam Malik, and Imam Shafi amongst others, ruled that Islam disallowed homosexual activity and ordained capital punishment for a person guilty of it.[1] Homosexual activity is a crime in several Muslim-majority countries. In the Muslim-majority countries of Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, North Sudan and Yemen, homosexual activity is punished with the death penalty. In Nigeria and Somalia the death penalty is issued in some regions.[2] The legal punishment for sodomy has varied among juristic schools: some prescribe capital punishment; while other prescribe a milder discretionary punishment such as imprisonment. In some secular Muslim-majority countries such as Indonesia,[3] Jordan, and Turkey, there are no civil laws against homosexual practice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_in_Islam#Legal_status_in_modern_Islamic_nations

to get UK citizenship.

Your record on stuff like this is quite consistent. Not bigoted, my entire ass.

their being Pakistani had nothing to do with my reaction.

My reaction was solely due to the fact that they registered their marriage and immediately went to seek asylum. I'd have had the same reaction if they belonged to any nationality.

Which kind of makes a difference, wouldn't you say?

Pakistani politicians have been murdered for being too "liberal". These two women would probably not have a chance of surviving. The UK isn't going to send them back, because if the UK did, then their deaths would be a harsh reproach.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zil-e-Huma_Usman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmaan_Taseer

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Thank you.

Glad to see it in this case.

hidden. "Not bigoted" my arse.

Europe might need to change the criteria of who is allowed to stay and who is not.

Jumping ahead of people waiting in line for that status is not okay.

they get all the good stuff first

same rights they do?



PS I can't fucking believe that poster seriously thought they can post their bigoted drivel on DU and get away with it.

I am sure that these two women were lesbian Muslims, but even if they were actually two small people standing on top of the other's shoulder, I would still support them.

Any place that has loonies murdering doctors for vaccinating children or other loonies whipping up mobs to kill someone because they threw away their business card and it had "Muhammad" written on it and it's now apparently blasphemy; and that place doesn't have a way out that says 'EXIT' on it would be a further abuse of human rights.

I count myself lucky because I will live in the same country with two brave, smart and beautiful women.

I'll be even happier when people everywhere can marry who they want - and it's not news, because it happens every day, everywhere.

I wish them much happiness together!

K&R