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In reply to the discussion: Muslim lesbian couple defy death threats to tie the knot in civil ceremony [View all]Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)10. I sincerely hope that neither of them ends up beheaded.
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
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_in_Islam#Legal_status_in_modern_Islamic_nations
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Muslim lesbian couple defy death threats to tie the knot in civil ceremony [View all]
Bosonic
May 2013
OP
May they have long life, health, and happiness, and children in their lives, if they want them.
colorado_ufo
May 2013
#9
Thank you for alerting. I was away most of the day and didn't see their response until after it was
idwiyo
May 2013
#34
And so what if they do, as long as they are law-abiding, productive members of society?
Quantess
May 2013
#16
Exactly! Infuriating, isn't it? Us poor straight folks never get a break... :( Why can't WE get the
idwiyo
May 2013
#33