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transvestite, and transsexual people
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Homosexuality is considered to be one of

the worst sins in Islam and one of the
greatest crimes punishable under Islamic
law.[1] The Prophet Muhammad not only
condemned homosexuality[2] but even the
"appearance" of homosexuality
(effeminate men and masculine
women).[3] With the rise of the Islamic
population amongst historically non-
Muslim societies, also comes the rise in
persecution. For example, while Muslims
comprise just 2% of the total British
population, they commit 25% of all anti-
Homosexual crimes.[4] However, this
ongoing and increasing persecution of
homosexuals by Muslims around the
world, rarely makes the mainstream news.
Thanks to the Internet, those of us who
search can find many news items that
would otherwise be lost.

Contents
Afghanistan

Algeria
Australia

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Belgium

Bosnia

Canada

Egypt

Eritrea

France

Gambia

Ghana

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel
Italy

Jordan

Kenya

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Malaysia

Maldives

Morocco

Netherlands

Nigeria

Pakistan

Palestine

Qatar

Russia

Saudi Arabia
 Senegal

Somalia

Sudan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Yemen

International

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References

Afghanistan
Three men are buried alive under a pile
of stones and a wall is pushed on top of
them by a tank, as punishment for
sodomy in the town of Kandahar
Two men are executed via a wall being
bulldozed on top of them, as
punishment for sodomy in the western
province of Herat
84-year-old man who is impotent, is
'stoned' by collapsing wall as
punishment for attempting a
homosexual act
American adviser to the Afghan
government and an Afghan man
arrested and jailed for homosexual
activity. American faces possible jail
term of 5-15 years
"Please have mercy, don't make fun of
me," Afghan police officers publicly
humiliate cross-dresser and force him to
remove clothing and wig on camera
before arresting him

Algeria
France provides asylum for Algerian
transsexual who had been threatened by
Islamic fundamentalist rebels, and then
sexually abused by the police after
seeking their help
Gay man whose homosexual friends
were executed in 1994 and 1996, and
who witnessed the stoning of two gay
men in 2001, seeks asylum in the UK
after he was beaten and threatened with
death by Muslims

Australia
Armed Muslims pray for protection in
Arabic before ambushing a 52-year-old
man outside a gay & bisexual club, fire
seven shots and almost kill him with
three bullets in the groin, back and leg

Bahrain
Police crackdown on gay migrant
workers. At least 2,000 gay Filipino
workers will be deported
Cross-dresser arrested and charged with
committing an immoral act (he was
driving his car while dressed in female
attire and make-up)
Nine Arab cross-dressers, heavily made-
up and wearing "provocative" outfits,
arrested at a hotel disco and charged
with public debauchery
127 gay people arrested in police raid
for holding "depraved and decadent"
party in the village of Hidd
Cross-dresser arrested for walking down
a busy road wearing a wig, shorts and
mascara, jailed for a month. Lawmakers
wary of the growing number of gays,
pushing for a crackdown, including the
deportation of foreigners

Bangladesh
Gay couple seeks refuge after being
stoned, whipped, cast out from their
families and community, and a local
cleric issued a fatwa calling for their
deaths
United States grants political asylum to
a Bangladeshi gay man who was
threatened with stoning, raped by police,
forced into electroshock treatment and
ordered by his family to enter into an
arranged marriage
Young lesbian couple flee Pirojpur to
start a new life together, but police
track-down and arrest them in their
Dhaka flat for marrying each other,
threatened with life imprisonment

Belgium
Moroccan Muslim faith healer who was
called by parents to 'treat' their 18 year-
old lesbian daughter, is arrested over her
burning death

Bosnia
At least eight people injured as Muslims
attack gays at Bosnia's gay festival.
Muslim protesters chant "Kill the Gays!"
and "Allahu Akbar!" Festival organisers
receive death threats

Canada
Gay Toronto mayoral candidate is the
target of smear flyers asking “Should
Muslims vote for him who married a
man?”
Muslim cleric preaches adulterers and
gays can benefit from being stoned to
death as his or her soul is being purified

Egypt
55 men arrested and subjected to
beatings, electroshock, torture, and
abuse in order to force confessions. 52
men charged with "obscene behavior"
and "contempt for religion"
The Egyptian State Information Service
says homosexuality "defies normality,"
officially branding homosexuals
"perverts" who spread AIDS
Gay Israeli tourist arrested and
interrogated by the Egyptian authorities
after meeting someone who he had met
in a chat room. Held in custody in Cairo
Prison for more than two weeks
Egyptian government arrests and
tortures 100's of men suspected of
homosexual activity. Gays bound,
suspended painfully, burned or
submerged in ice-cold water, and
subjected to electroshock on limbs and
genitals
Five men charged with the "habitual
practice of debauchery". Prosecutor
says the men, four of whom are HIV-
positive, should not be allowed to "roam
the streets freely" because they're "a
danger to public health"
Country's only gay magazine announces
after publishing its first and only issue,
"We have been forced to shut down the
online magazine due to security
reasons"
Satirist criticized for “insulting Islam”
after hosting a band whose lead singer
is gay, accused of “giving
(homosexuals) a platform”

Eritrea
Three Western employees working at a
luxury hotel in Asmara are expelled from
Eritrea for 'immorality'

France
French Muslim soccer team refuses to
play against a team which promotes
homosexual rights and has gay players.
Team director says "As a Muslim, I have
the right not to play against
homosexuals"
"By the Quran, we will kill you all, you
faggots!" Five Muslims attack gay club
in Paris beating the bouncers and
spraying some attendants, including the
vice president of IDAHO, with tear gas
Gay man beaten severely for walking
through a Muslim suburb of Paris with
his boyfriend, injuries include a missing
tooth, broken bones, and fractured
pieces of bone in his skull

Gambia
President threatens to behead gays, and
to sack gay and lesbian soldiers in
Gambia, describing homosexuality as
"evil and ungodly"
Eighteen homosexuals (16 Gambians,
one Nigerian and one Senegalese
national) charged with "indecent
practice" among themselves in a public
place, refused bail

Ghana
Muslim leaders demonstrate against
government over growing rate of
homosexuality. Sheikh Abdul Aziz says
the Muslim group will "do its best to
ensure the sexual act is brought to an
end"
Federation of Muslim Councils calls for
"crusade" against the "filthy, indecent,
immoral and unhealthy" practice of
homosexuality which will destroy the
"moral fabric of society", urging
Parliament to make it a punishable
offence
“We as a people do not have to endorse
this kind of behavior," National Chief
Imam's office says Muslims in Ghana
may stage a demonstration against
plans by the UK government to
"legitimise homosexuality"
30 Muslims storm the house of a man
who "flaunted" his homosexuality in a
Muslim-dominated area, strip him naked
and lynch him before mounting a search
for his partner

India
Islam battles decriminalization of
homosexuality. Muslim leaders say
"Homosexuality is offence under Shariat
Law and haram in Islam," and
legalisation of homosexuality is "an
attack on Indian religious and moral
values"
Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad,
speaking at the national HIV/AIDS
convention, calls homosexuality a
"foreign disease" that is growing in India
Founder and president of the Islamic
Research Center (IRC), says transgender
are 'dirty' and genetically 'defective',
quotes Prophet Muhammad and says
they should be expelled from their
homes and villages

Indonesia
Burning down of a hotel and the killing
of participants leads to the cancellation
of NGLN meeting, and an LGBT event
commemorating World AIDS Day is
attacked by Muslims who destroy
equipment and assault attendees with
knives and clubs, injuring over 25 and
sending 3 to hospital
Muslim communities thwart Indonesia's
protection for gays. Government grants
local authorities the right to use Islamic
law, and several have recently passed
laws making homosexuality illegal
Police ban regional gay conference,
fearing it could prompt violent protests.
A member of the cleric council says
"The event will hurt Indonesian Muslims
because lesbians and gays are contrary
to Islamic teaching"
Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI),
Indonesia's highest Islamic body, issues
a fatwa banning sex-change operations
150-strong Muslim mob attack hotel
and assault organiser in response to a
planned (but ultimately cancelled)
international LGBT conference, and
another LGBT conference planned for a
month later also stormed by Muslims
Muslims protest gay-themed movie,
claiming it has been "destroying the
morale of Indonesian people" and is "not
in accordance with the teachings of
Islam"
Government minister and member of the
AIDS commission posts anti-gay
comments and jokes about AIDS
Religious police forces lesbian couple
apart and put them under 'surveillance',
threatening them with beheading. "They
must be beheaded and burned... We are
actually allowed by our religion to kill
them"
Highest Islamic body says transgenders
"have to accept their fate to be ridiculed
and harassed." Indonesia's National
Commission for Human Rights receives
1,000 reports of abuses per year,
ranging from murder to rape
Police forcibly cancel speaking event by
Lesbian activist, saying her "mission to
promote homosexuality" among
Muslims threatened public order after
hundreds of Muslims congregated
outside demanding an end to it
Transgender festival in Jakarta canceled
after the Islamic Defenders Front turn up
to the event dressed in helmets and
armed with sticks demanding the
organizers shut it down
"We reject homosexuals here, so last
week we raided their house," married
couple chased from their village after
neighbors discover they are lesbians
Homosexuals living in Aceh province
will be publicly lashed 100 times under
proposed bylaw backed by capital’s
deputy governor
Indonesia is one of the least tolerant
countries in the world regarding
homosexuality, 93% say gays should not
be accepted. Unlike other countries,
attitudes are not changing with the
younger generation

Iran
4,000 lesbians and gays have been
executed since the 1979 Islamic
revolution. Methods of execution
include; beheading, chopped in two,
stoning to death, burning alive, and
being thrown alive from a high building
Name, age and method of execution
records for 152 individuals charged with
homosexuality related offences between
1979 - 2007
Gay Iranian who had been persecuted
because of his sexuality and had been
thrown in jail, shoots and kills himself
after his UK asylum appeal is denied
Iranian President in a speech at a top US
university: "In Iran we don't have
homosexuals like in your country"
Two teens held in prison for 14 months
and severely beaten, are publicly
executed in Edalat (Justice) Square for
the crime of homosexuality
Two men are publicly executed in
Shahid Bahonar Square for the crime of
homosexuality
A man is executed for acts he
(allegedly) committed at the age of 13,
even though the alleged victims
withdrew their accusations and
reportedly stated that they had either
lied previously or had been forced to
“confess”
Gay men are being persecuted, tortured
and coerced into undergoing sex
reassignment procedures. Transsexuals
are being coerced into sex/raped by
their surgeons
18-year-old man is sentenced to death
by hanging for 'sexual assault', despite
his accuser admitting that he lied, and
withdrawing his accusation of sexual
assault
Transexual is robbed and strangled to
death by her brothers in her apartment
because they “opposed her immorality”
2 heterosexual footballers suspended
and fined £25,000 each for the
"shameless" and "ugly" act of buttock
squeezing during a goal celebration.
They now face a possible two months in
prison and 74 lashes
Influential cleric entitled to issue juristic
rulings says homosexuals are inferior to
dogs and pigs, blames them for the
spread of Aids and says pro-gay western
lawmakers are lower than animals
Iranian legal code does not "differentiate
between rape and homosexual acts",
another four men sentenced to death by
hanging for sodomy in accordance to
Shari'ah law

Iraq
'Moderate' Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani
calls for the killing of lesbians and gay
men in the "worst, most severe way
possible". Widespread reports of killings
are "the tip of an iceberg of religious-
motivated summary executions"
"Every gay and lesbian here lives in fear,
just pure fear, of being beaten or killed."
Targeted by death squads in an
escalating campaign of "sexual
cleansing", homosexuals are becoming
prisoners in their own homes
Death squads are killing suspected gays
by gluing their anuses shut with "Iranian
gum" and inducing diarrhea. In some
cases, hospitals refusing to treat
victims. Tribes declare gay lives as
worthless and allow deaths
Sixty-eight gay and trans-gendered men
have been killed within the space of four
months, bringing the total number of
killings of Iraqis because of their
sexuality to 678 since 2004
"The killers aren't just executing their
gay victims. They are "mutilating their
bodies and torturing them." At least 82
gay men have been killed in the first 7
Months of 2009
Iraqi security forces may have colluded
and joined in the killing of homosexuals.
Bodies of four gay men are found, each
bearing a sign reading "pervert" in
Arabic. Another found with genitals cut
off and throat ripped out
Muslim gangs using the internet to
track-down, torture and kill gays.
Responsible for the deaths of more than
130 gay Iraqi men since the beginning of
the year
Wave of attacks against those perceived
to be homosexual or too
masculine/feminine, leads to 42 people
in less than 1 month being kidnapped,
tortured and murdered (dismembered or
beaten to death with concrete blocks)

Israel
Gay teen previously threatened by
relatives demanding he "act like a
normal person", is kidnapped and beaten
by them in a 12-hour ordeal. Relatives
arrested attempting to "hide" their victim
in a village house
"Human Rights Watch continues to be
driven by an anti-Israel bias and lack of
focus on real human rights issues in the
Middle East, including women’s rights,
religious freedom, and sexual freedom"

Italy
Lesbian couple insulted then assaulted
by "Arab" immigrants
Jordan
Authorities arrest ten gays and lesbians
after they hold a reception at a party
hall, say it is to "prevent a disturbance of
the peace"

Kenya
Council of Imams oppose using
taxpayers money to count gay people in
the country, as this would amount to
recognising their existence; "gayness is
contrary to the constitution order"
Shaykh blames drought on
homosexuals, and clerics call on the
government to allow them to apply
Shariah laws to deal with rising cases of
homosexuality. "Death is the only
punishment prescribed by Islam for
such people"
Gay, lesbian and HIV-infected Somali
refugees face violent persecution for
"the most infamous crime" should they
return home, would prefer to spend life
in a Kenyan jail over returning to
Somalia and face stoning

Kuwait
Magazine sued and professor dismissed
from Kuwait University for suggesting
that homosexuality exists in the emirate.
Famous novelist also facing obscenity
charges for a book of short stories
dealing with homosexuality
Widespread arrests of over a dozen
cross-dressers. Subjected to physical
and psychological abuse, they remain in
Tahla Prison
Police raid a party where homosexuals
celebrate a wedding, and 28 gays are
charged with "creating a public
disturbance" after they met outside a
fast-food restaurant
Police arrest two gays for committing
'immoral' acts inside a car
Two young cross-dressers arrested by
security-men, taken to a nearby police
station for interrogation and legal action
Two lesbians who were allegedly caught
making love on a beach are whisked
away by police for interrogation
Three male youths arrested in a
shopping mall for cross-dressing
Police raid apartments and arrest five
cross-dressers and four homosexuals,
referring them to the authorities for
committing "immoral acts"
Police arrest 10 people, four of them
cross-dressers, in a raid on their
apartment in Salmiya. They are now
being "referred" to the "concerned
authorities"
Police arrest a 20-year-old cross-dresser
and referred him to the General
Department for Criminal Investigation,
after he was "caught" when he asked a
passing patrol to help him change a flat
car tyre
Morality police arrest at least 10 LGBT
teenagers suspected of homosexuality
for “satanic rituals” and “indecent acts”
under a crackdown in the name of
“morality”, another 20 men arrested for
“suspicious parties”
215 young homosexuals arrested during
an extensive campaign at Internet cafes
and 'suspicious places'
Lebanon
Two lesbians arrested for engaging in
“unnatural” sexual practices
Asylum seeker whose former lover was
beaten and his gay cousin was shot in
the anus and later killed, fears being
arrested, tortured, or killed if sent back
to Lebanon
Two gay men caught making love in an
uninhabited building. Soldiers insult,
humiliate and savagely beat them in
public. One of the half naked men is
paraded in front of the public before
being arrested
Men shamed and gay cinemas shut
down after MTV show broadcasts
undercover camera footage, MTV host
says Hitler his personal idol, and
sometimes a person like him is needed
in order to reduce the number of gays
Security authorities raid and shut down
a gay cinema, arrest and detain 36 men,
perform anal probes on them ("the
practice involves an egg-shaped device
being inserted into the anus to find
traces of sperm")
Two men (in their 20s and 30s) arrested
in Beirut’s Ashrafieh after being caught
"committing actions against decency" in
a car

Libya
After vowing "No violations of human
rights will take place", post-Islamic
Awakening Libya tells UN Rights
Council, “Gays threaten continuation of
human race”. Human rights activists
say, “Gays are now paying the price”
Muslim group who claim to be under the
authority of the Ministry of Interior,
abduct a dozen gay men from a private
party held in Tripoli, say they are to be
mutilated and executed, online image
receives 315 ‘likes’
Malaysia
Malaysia's state-run television network
bans gays and transvestites from
appearing on its programs. "Any artiste
who is proven to be a gay will come
under the ban. We do not want to
encourage any form of homosexuality"
Police raid a drag beauty pageant and
arrest all the contestants. 45 charged
with wearing female clothes and posing
as women in a public place. 34
contestants released on bail, while the
other 11 remain behind bars
Malaysian group known as the "People's
Anti-Homosexual Voluntary Movement"
gives itself an official launch
In one year, 111 men are arrested in
Kuala Lumpur for "attempting to commit
homosexual acts." Malaysia’s Islamic
Affairs Department: "Homosexuals are
shameless people" and "Homosexuality
is a crime worse than murder"
Malaysian Prime Minister warns the UK,
"Any gay British minister taking their
male partner to Malaysia would be
thrown out of the country"
Speaking to a crowd of more than
300,000, Malaysian Prime Minister
attacks gays and Western “homo” media
in national TV speech and warns “if
there are any homosexuals in Malaysia
they had better mend their ways”
Sentenced to nine years in jail over a
false charge of engaging in sodomy, the
former deputy prime minister of
Malaysia is acquitted and finally
released after serving six years of his
sentence
“The RMN (Royal Malaysian Navy) will
never accept homosexuals as we have
to protect the image of the navy,” says
Navy chief
Gay people should not govern mostly
Muslim Malaysia, former prime minister
says in a court filing. "Malaysia is
officially an Islamic country"
Islamist opposition party demands
authorities to cancel a planned Adam
Lambert concert which they say is
promoting "gay culture" in the mainly
Muslim country
More than 30 men caught partially or
totally naked in a police raid on illegal
'gay' spas. Two detained
Gay man receives death threats after
revealing his sexuality in an online video.
He is now afraid to go out alone, and
avoids spending time in public places
"No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian,
transgendered life, I'm on the right track
baby." Lady GaGa's "offensive" lyrics in
'Born This Way' censored by Malaysia
Malaysia sends 66 'effeminate' teen
boys to anti-gay counseling to help
prevent them from potentially becoming
gay or transvestites
Sabah Islamic Affairs Department
(JHEAINS) officers round up several
transvestites, a hetrosexual couple, and
foreigners, in a sting to curb "vice,
immoral and criminal" activities
Court rejects transsexual’s name
change. Estimated 50,000 transsexuals
in Malaysia, but few dare to come
forward. Many face daily discrimination
and harassment, forcing them to earn
their living as sex workers
Gay Christian pastor to defy government
with wedding banquet. Government
leaders and state-linked media criticize
him, and Islamic Affairs Minister says
authorities concerned that he is
advocating "extremism"
Islamic party protests Elton John's
show, saying the singer's homosexuality
would corrupt young Muslims. "What he
is doing is hedonism. Hedonism is not
good in Islam" (and again in 2012)
Police order gay rights activists to
cancel gay festival aimed at fighting
discrimination, after criticism by the
deputy prime minister and plans by
several Muslim groups to protest the
event
Court rejects a petition by gay rights
activists and upholds police ban on its
arts and music festival
“There has been a rising wave of threats
made against the LGBT community...,"
LGBT activists cite security concerns for
not holding demonstration on the
International Day Against Homophobia
& Transphobia (IDAHO)
Effective immediately, Malaysia bans
gay or effeminate male characters from
appearing on television, radio or in
movies, in order to "curb the influence of
the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender community"
"They accuse me (a lesbian) of trying to
convert other girls", Government
announces it is monitoring
organizations "trying to influence teens
towards free sex and lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transexual activities"
"This group is already being persecuted
and intimidated. And now they are trying
to expose people and continue to attack
them", Government endorses parenting
guide that describes symptoms of
homosexuality
Four transsexuals who were all
previously arrested for cross-dressing
under Islamic law, lose a landmark case
challenging Islamic law that bars them
from dressing as women
Government runs parenting workshops
on curbing LGBT behavior described as
"a social illness" and backs anti-LGBT,
pro-Islam musical that aims to educate
youngsters and parents on "the bad
things about LGBT"

Maldives
Gay Sufi-atheist blogger who called for
religious tolerance is detained for more
than a week by authorities who accuse
him of blasphemy and of promoting
anti-Islamic concepts such as gay rights

Morocco
66-year-old British man is jailed in
Morocco for committing homosexual
acts
13 people involved in making
homosexual pornographic films are
sentenced to a total of 30 years
imprisonment and incur fines ranging
from MAD 1,000 to MAD 30,000
Six men are sentenced to prison for
‘homosexual conduct’ after hundreds
march through the streets, denouncing
the men’s alleged actions and calling for
their punishment
Media hysteria and large and riotous
anti-gay demonstrations hit Morocco.
Protestors among a demonstration of
1,000 people attack the house where a
"homosexual marriage" allegedly took
place
Two men in their twenties, found
"together in a car", are sentenced to four
months in jail by a court in Temara for
being homosexuals
Netherlands
First they came for the gays; "Sharia law
may still be an alien concept to some
Westerners, but it's staring gay
Europeans right in the face"
Gang of ten Muslim youths drag a gay
model from the catwalk and beat him
during a fashion show meant to
promote tolerance towards gay people
Gay couple attacked by a Muslim who
sees them holding hands. Mugger
claims "This is a Muslim area, and we
don’t tolerate this stuff here"
Dutch Muslim forces his neighbours to
move homes by threatening them with a
knife and a gun. He mistook the two
brothers for a homosexual couple,
calling them "Dirty gay people"
Amsterdam: “The gay-bashing capital of
Europe.” Two thirds of the predators are
Muslim youths. Media criticized for
silence over Islamic gay bashing
Gay couple sues Dutch authorities over
intimidation and violence. Over two
years the men were continually
intimidated, the windows of their house
were broken, and their car was damaged
by Moroccan youths
Muslim mob from Sharia4Belgium
storm a discussion on Islam in
Amsterdam, throwing eggs at the
audience and call for a Canadian
Muslim lesbian author to be killed
Turkey launches massive legal
campaign to retrieve a child who was
taken from abusive Muslim parents and
placed with a loving lesbian couple.
Claims "4000" Turkish children placed
with gay or Christian Europeans

Nigeria
Gay man sentenced to death by stoning
after it was alleged he had sex with an
underage male. Human rights activists
in Britain and elsewhere suggest the
confession may have been coerced
Transvestite faces a possible one year
in prison. Friend says even though he
had not engaged in any indecent
behavior he still deserved to be
punished “because he had broken
Islamic laws”
Gay man on the run after his partner
“confessed” to having a gay relationship
with him and a Shari'ah court issues an
arrest warrant. Both are being charged
with the “unholy” act of being gay
Gay man whose partner was murdered
by an angry mob, is granted asylum in
the U.S. after being detained for 11
Months
50-years-old man who was acquitted of
the charge of sodomy, sentenced to
death by stoning after admitting that he
has previously had homosexual sex
Two men are charged with committing
sodomy and could now face being
stoned to death after they were caught
together in a toilet
Following an elaborate wedding
celebration, a polygamous lesbian and
her four wives go into hiding from the
Islamic police. The theatre which hosted
the celebration is demolished by city's
authorities
Eighteen men wearing women's clothes
at a "gay wedding" are arrested for
alleged sodomy. Shari'ah judge orders
them remanded in prison. May face
being stoned to death
Gays and lesbians "too dirty" for Allah.
Scholar seeks death penalty and says
they are worse than murderers and
deserve more than capital punishment.
“When they are killed, their corpse
should also be mistreated”

Pakistan
Three men are arrested at a party after
they were caught having sex with each
other
Gay couple get "married" in Pakistan.
The pair are told to leave or be killed for
breaking religious and tribal "values and
ethics"
Muslim cleric says "Homosexuals must
be killed – it's the only way to stop them
spreading. It should be by beheading or
stoning, which the general public can do"
Ostracised by villagers for his alleged
sexual preferences, the 60-year-old
suspected homosexual is pulled from
his home and beaten to death with clubs
and rods by a Muslim mob
Gays are "the curse of society and social
garbage". Islamic political and religious
officials condemn meeting by U.S.
Embassy supporting gay rights, calling it
"the second most dangerous attack by
the U.S. against Pakistan"
Gunmen open-fire on a dance party in
Buner. 3 killed, including 1 transvestite,
and another transvestite injured
Senior member of transgender
community tortured and threatened to
leave the southern Kohat district of
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, all members flee
to an undisclosed location

Palestine
Palestinian Authority takes part in
widespread and sadistic intimidation,
torture, imprisonment and deaths of
gays
Gay Palestinian men are risking their
lives to cross into Israel, claiming they
feel safer among Israelis than their own
people. There are now 300 gay
Palestinian men secretly living and
working in Israel
Gay Christian Palestinian who fled the
PA for Israel, criticizes the oppressive
Palestinian society and says, in contrast,
Israel allows gays the “freedom to
express (their) sex and take pride in it”
West Bank gays are more at home in
Israel and fear the new wall will trap
them where homosexuality is strictly
taboo, sometimes violently so
Openly gay man arrested and beaten by
police due to his sexual orientation. His
family disown him and warn him against
returning to Nablus. Now petitioning for
asylum with his partner in Israel

Qatar
American citizen sentenced to receive
90 lashes during a 6-month prison term
for "homosexual activity," and 36 gay
Filipino workers are deported
Gay and suspected gay workers are
banned in Qatar
Filipino worker on charges of sodomy is
forced to submit to a rectal examination.
Receives 40 lashes on his buttocks and
spends 7 ½ months in a detention cell,
during which he is raped by a
Palestinian co-detainee

Russia
Imam tells Muslims to boycott Elton
John concert, brands him as the “devil’s
work in the shape of a pederast”

Saudi Arabia
Nine young Saudi men are each
sentenced to at least 2,400 lashes and
at least five years in prison for "deviant
sexual behavior"
Saudi executes three Yemeni men found
guilty of "committing the extreme
obscenity of homosexuality and
imitating women". They had also been
convicted of molesting boys
More than a hundred men are sentenced
to imprisonment and flogging after
being arrested for “deviant sexual
behaviour” (they were arrested for
dancing and “behaving like women” at a
private party)
Authorities arrest 20 young men for
"emulating women" after raiding a
suspected gay wedding
Two homosexual men are sentenced to
7000 lashes each after being convicted
of sodomy
Ministry of Education Textbooks, 2007-
2008 Academic Year: Homosexuality is
one of the most disgusting sins and
greatest crimes... The punishment for
homosexuality is death... he should be
stoned, or thrown from a high place"
Police arrest 71 gay foreigners at a
Party held in Riyadh for wearing
"indecent" clothes and conducting
themselves in an "indecent" manner, and
a further 55 men accused of
homosexuality from a party held in Sihat
Arabic translation of the book "Gay
Travels in the Muslim World" renamed
"Pervert Travels in the Middle East" by
Arab publisher
Gay Saudi diplomat says his life is in
danger and seeks political asylum in the
U.S. after Saudi officials discover he is
gay and has a Jewish female friend
Saudi Prince could face execution in
Saudi Arabia; not for murdering his male
servant, but for being a homosexual
Gay British nurse spends 6 months in
jail on charges of homosexuality.
Savagely beaten and tormented with the
threat of being decapitated
Three Asian men arrested and due to
appear in court for cross-dressing. They
have confessed to using cosmetics and
acting feminine
Saudi police arrest 20 gays attending a
wedding party in the southern province
of Jazan
"They were caught dancing and hugging
each other... Some of them wore
dresses", 49 gays arrested during police
raid on a rest house where they were
staging a party
The Commission for the Promotion of
Virtue and Prevention of Vice bans the
entry of gay and "tom-boy" students to
all public schools and universities
Religious police permanently closes
health club after arresting five local gays
in a raid triggered by a tip-off about the
club’s “suspected activities”
Police raid major hotel, arrest six
Filipinos who had used their massage
centre to “engage in homosexual acts,”
confiscate condoms, creams and
“contaminated blades”

Senegal
In a country where homosexuality is
illegal and those who admit their
homosexuality are threatened and
assaulted, the fledgling gay movement
is battling for recognition in the struggle
against HIV/AIDS
Police arrest and then release several
men over the publication of pictures
said to depict a wedding ceremony
between two men. Editor of the
magazine receives death threats
Nine men, including a prominent activist,
convicted of homosexual acts and
sentenced to eight years in prison
The corpse of a homosexual man is dug
up twice from a Muslim cemetery and
dumped at his families doorstep

Somalia
Two women accused of having a lesbian
relationship are sentenced to death for
"exercising unnatural behaviour".
Hundreds cheer as the judge hands
down the sentences
Gangs with guns search the streets for
people they suspected of being gay,
while others in Somalia are being
compelled into arranged marriages,
driven to commit suicide, and even
attacked and killed by family
18-year old found guilty of sodomy,
buried in the ground up to his chest and
stoned to death. Judge says sentence
more severe than for murder because
"homosexuality is more punishable in
Islam"

Sudan
19 men are flogged in public and are
fined 1000 Sudanese Pounds
(approximately 400 US dollars) for
cross-dressing
Seven men are convicted of 'indecency'
for wearing lighting makeup during a
fashion show and are fined 200
Sudanese pounds
Tajikistan
Homophobia widespread due to "strong
influence of Islam" and many Tajiks
believe gays "should be killed or
isolated". Health official says
"Homosexuality is contrary to nature...
Many doctors still see it as a disease"
Gay flight attendant hangs himself after
being subjected to continuous blackmail
and gay student stabbed to death.
Police harassment, blackmail, arbitrary
arrest and physical violence against
LGBT individuals widespread

Tanzania
Following Friday prayers, a mob of 300
Muslims take to the street, protesting
the arrival of gay tourists from America,
and accusing them of bringing
immorality to Tanzania
Zanzibar lawmakers outlaw gay sex
because "Zanzibar is predominantly
Muslim, and in Islam, homosexuality is
strictly prohibited”
Zanzibar sets a 25-year prison penalty
for homosexual sex between men, and a
seven year prison penalty for lesbian sex
To the outside world, Zanzibar is a
tourist’s paradise, but for gays it has
become a hotbed of persecution with
Islamic groups spearheading a
campaign to cleanse the island of
“corrupting” practices such as
homosexuality
Planned Freddie Mercury birthday
celebrations are cancelled, after
Muslims threaten to disrupt the event
which they claim would have "gone
against their faith, and that it would have
brought shame to Zanzibar"

Tunisia
"0.0% is better than a successful
faggot." A 'Liberty' march denies LGBT
rights. Gays shocked to be greeted by
homophobic signs and slogans used by
their fellow left wing activists
Gay magazine editor faces religious
hatred and death threats, Human Rights
minister thinks mag should be banned,
says that "sexual orientation is not a
human right and sexual perversion
needs to be treated medically"
"Tunisians are entitled to basic
protection, lesbian, gay and bisexual
people are not included," Tunisia says no
to decriminalizing homosexuality
because it is "incompatible with Islam"

Turkey
Turkey's Culture Ministry restricts the
viewing of the Oscar-winning gay
romance 'Brokeback Mountain', saying
the movie violated public morals
Broadcasting watchdog blocks reality
television show in which men would
compete to look and act like women,
due to "intense public reaction against
the proposed program"
Eleven gays are killed within the first half
of 2009
Turkey suspends a gay referee after he
'outs' himself on television. Friends
break off contact with him, and another
referee says "It's entirely possible that
he'd give more free kicks to a good-
looking player"
Father shoots and kills his homosexual
son after after he tells him about his
relationship with a man from Germany
Gay and lesbian internet forums are shut
down by censorship
Discrimination at the workplace and in
the courts for the LGBT community in
Turkey
Total of 45 gay and transgendered
people have been killed in three years of
"hate murders". Five people killed in
February 2010 alone
Turkey punished by the European Court
of Human Rights for banning a book
about a pop star that discussed his
sexual orientation
Government targets multiple Turkish
LGBT organisations. Another gay group
which had been harassed and
condemned as "immoral" by the local
government is ordered to close
The words "gay" and "anal" among the
words banned from the internet by
government, cited as "indecent" or
"provocative". Over 120,000 websites
containing these words will be ordered
to close
16 people murdered in 2010. 89 percent
of transgender women experience
physical violence during police
detention. Turkish MP: “I believe
homosexuality is a biological disorder,
an illness and should be treated”
“I cleansed my honor”, Muslim murders
brother, shot in the head for being a
transsexual
"The face must be visible, and the
photos must show you as the passive
partner," gays face humiliating ordeal to
prove their homosexuality and to obtain
pink certificate that says they have a
"psychosexual disorder"
Mayor of Turkish capital Ankara on live
TV, "We can't approve and live together
with the gay culture in Europe. Our
morals are different. Inshallah
(hopefully) there won't be any gays in
our Turkey and there shouldn't be"
Prime minister attacks Dutch lesbians
for adopting Turkish Muslim boy,
instructs his government to take the
case to the ECHR. Lesbians go into
hiding after being stalked by Turkish TV
crew
Country bans gay and bisexual male
dating website as a "protective
measure" following ruling by an Istanbul
court
Majority of LGBT prisoners are being
held in solitary confinement, and are not
allowed to join activities with other
prisoners. Justice minister also
announces plans to build segregated
prisons

United Arab Emirates

Authorities shut down nightclub for
hosting a gay night featuring a
transvestite DJ from the UK
Gays face forced medical treatment for
their homosexuality
Twenty-six men who were arrested at a
"gay wedding" and charged with
"homosexuality" are sentenced to five
years each in prison
Lebanese and Bulgarian lesbian couple
are sentenced to a month each in prison
for kissing on a public beach, will be
deported after serving their term
Two men are sentenced to a year each
in prison on a conviction for
homosexuality
“It was a private party... where people
were behaving and not even engaging in
any public display of affection", 30
people from the LGBT community
arrested during a private ‘after’ party in a
Dubai hotel
Belgian man who found himself
unintentionally involved in a wrongly
suspected murder case and had to
admit that he’s homosexual is jailed for
one year for having consensual sex with
another man
English-language paper suspends
publication after it causes outrage by
running an interview with a gay man
living "in a country in which
homosexuality is punishable by prison,
beatings, and even death"

United Kingdom
Muslims comprise just 2% of the total
British population, yet they commit 25%
of all anti-homosexual crimes
Iranian Parliament Member tells British
officials in London that homosexuals
should be executed, originally indicating
that homosexuals should be "tortured"
City Council says "Bristol schools have a
legal duty to report and deal with
homophobic harassment as part of the
curriculum since April 2007", but
Muslims' fury forces schools to shelve
anti-homophobia storybooks
Women preachers at London's Central
Mosque (claimed as being moderate)
are promoting extremism, telling the
female congregation that Christians are
"vile and disgusting" as well as calling
for the murder of gays
47 incidents in Tower Hamlets over the
last 12 months, Muslim gangs carry out
violent, life-threatening attacks on gay
people in East London
Muslim preacher calls for gays to be
stoned to death, adding that this would
include gay business secretary Lord
Peter Mandelson
2009 Gallup survey finds that British
Muslims have zero tolerance for
Homosexuality. Not even a single British
Muslim interviewed believed that
homosexual acts were morally
acceptable
Failed Muslim asylum seeker beats and
kicks a gay sales assistant to death
Vice Chancellor of City University
London, allows the Islamic Society to
host Muslim preacher who advocates
the murder of gays and apostates
Families force suspected homosexual
men into arranged marriages
‘Gays are un-Islamic.’ Muslims with
megaphones disrupt the 3rd Derby Gay
Pride festival, a street festival followed
by a street parade of gays and lesbians
Radical Islam is being openly practised
at a leading university campus. Gay and
Jewish students feel scared and
intimidated
Muslim parents try to persuade lesbian
daughter to take her own life after
beating, burning, abusing and forcing
her to marry in an attempt to protect
family 'honour'
5000 children attending Islamic schools
in the UK which teach their pupils that
‘gays should be executed’
Ibis Hotel to host Muslim conference
which includes speakers who have
stated homosexuality must be treated
“harshly” to protect society and that “a
slow and painful death by stoning” is the
punishment
Five Muslims delivering and handing out
leaflets calling for homosexuals to be
executed are the first ever to be
prosecuted under the new anti-
homophobia laws
Muslims call for gay-free zone in East
London, a venue attached to the East
London mosque hosts a speaker who
invited his audience to 'Spot the fag',
and gay students at South Bank
University are threatened
Muslim on benefits and on bail for
defacing women's fashion ad board,
caught on CCTV posting stickers
warning gays that homosexuality is
wrong and "Allah is severe in
punishment" outside church, hospital,
etc.
Police cover up violent campaign to turn
London area Islamic. Muslim mob of 30
storm local gay pub beating and abusing
patrons. Previous attack by Muslim mob
left 20-year-old gay student permanently
paralysed
Gay anti-EDL activists holding placards
such as 'Gays & Muslims UNITE! Stop
the EDL', fear the threat of violence and
are subjected to homophobic hostility
from Muslim co-protesters who attempt
to destroy placards
"Get out of here you fag... don't stay
around here any more," 'Muslim patrol'
vigilante group enforces Shari'ah in
London, abuse gay man on video and
force people to stop drinking
East London Mosque condemns
homophobia, yet advertised four anti-
gay speakers in the previous month
alone
"Torture them; punish them; beat them
and give them mental torture," British
Muslim channel says homosexuals
should be beaten and tortured for the
"evil, shameful act"
Muslim tells students attending a
meeting at the University of
Manchester’s Students’ Union that "God
would support the stoning of gay men"
and "Kill gays for kissing"
Protest over gay hate cleric's visit to
university, protesters say he referred to
homosexuals as "perverted, dirty, filthy
dogs who should be murdered"
First ever Muslim lesbian couple to wed
in the UK are unable to have an Islamic
wedding because they cannot find an
Imam willing to conduct the service,
receive death threats from both
Pakistani and British Muslims
Local mosque refuses to allow the
country’s first transgender Muslim
woman to pray with other women, faces
victimization by worshipers
Preacher attending Beloved to Allah
conference in London says gays should
be thrown off mountains and stabbed in
the gums by Muslim dentists
Chairman of the Islamic Centre in Luton
believes gay people would be punished
in an ideal society
"You've messed with the wrong
Muslims. We're going to kill you," Muslim
siblings attempt to rob and kidnap their
sister's lesbian lover. Victim repeatedly
kicked, punched in the face and arms,
left with permanent scars

United States
Muslim illegal immigrants attack gay
Georgetown medical students in
Washington, saying if the victims were in
their country, they would be stoned
Muslims in Minnesota: "We hate gays"
Somali Muslim youths shout abuse and
throw rocks at a gay man
The current status of LGBT Muslims and
their stance in the Muslim community:
Not one mosque in the U.S. accepts gay
Muslims
Muslim at Islam on Capitol Hill prayer
event: "Homosexuals must be killed"
Islamic cleric who condoned the
Holocaust, supported the stoning of
homosexuals and praised suicide
bombers in Iraq, is now the lead
theological consultant for the planned
Muhammad Hollywood movie
Muslim cab driver forces a gay couple
out of his taxi after spotting them
hugging each other
3 Muslims are held for anti-gay BB
shooting. Authorities believe they have
been targeting homosexuals in a series
of similar attacks
New Jersey jihadist of Palestinian
heritage, talked of mutilating
homosexuals and subordinating women
in the name of Islam
Ground zero mosque organizers
complain that a planned gay bar next to
the mega-mosque is insensitive
New imam at the Ground Zero mosque
believes people who are gay were
probably abused as children and that
people who leave Islam and preach a
new religion should be jailed
Lesbian and gay students at a New
Jersey University threatened; "You will
feel the wrath of Allah/ Your thoughts
are immoral/ homosexuality is sin/ Allah
says you must pay"
Publicly-funded Islamic school criticized
for comments made by an imam about
homosexuality to students, "someone
who is homosexual is like someone who
had cancer or AIDS"
Muslim who believes "homosexuals
should be exterminated" sets ablaze a
packed Seattle gay club on New Year’s
Eve, forcing more than 750 people to
flee into a nearby alley
Muslim disgusted with his daughter’s
homosexuality bludgeons her to death
and shoots her lover before dumping the
bodies. Police discover a Qur'an open to
a page which talks about homosexuality
in his bedroom

Yemen
Two Muslim militants in the southern
Lahj province shoot dead a 20-year-old
man for being a homosexual, flee on
their motorbike
Muslim militants belonging to Ansar Al
Sharia are responsible for the killings of
34 homosexual men in the country.
LGBT rights group states homosexual
sex is banned and homosexuality
attracts the death penalty
25-year-old man accused of being
homosexual is shot and wounded in
front of his home, only days after the
killing of another homosexual man
Muslim militants on a motorbike open
fire in a market in Huta, killing a 29-year-
old man they believed was a
homosexual
Gunmen on a motorbike shoot dead
another man outside his house in Huta
because they suspected he was
homosexual

International
New president of the United Nations
General Assembly, Ali Abdussalam Treki,
says homosexuality is “not really
acceptable”, and regarding the universal
decriminalisation of homosexuality, “as
a Muslim, I am not in favour of it”
Islamic and Arab-African nations
succeed in getting a U.N. General
Assembly panel to delete condemnation
of anti-gay killings from U.N. resolution
56 Islamic states slam gays for
"abnormal sexual behaviour," warning
UN to ignore anti-gay violence because
it "have nothing to do with fundamental
human rights." Muslim envoys walk out
in protest of gay rights debate
Pew survey finds seven of the ten
countries that are least tolerant of
homosexuality are Muslim majorities
(Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan,
Palestinian territories, Senegal and
Tunisia)
Gulf states to introduce medical testing
on travellers to detect gay people and
stop them from entering the country

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References
1. "The crime of homosexuality is one of
the greatest of crimes, the worst of sins
and the most abhorrent of deeds, and
Allaah punished those who did it in a way
that He did not punish other nations." - The
punishment for homosexuality , Islam
Q&A, Fatwa No. 38622
2. "Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If you
find anyone doing as Lot's people did, kill
the one who does it, and the one to whom
it is done." - Sunan Abu Dawud 38:4447
3. "Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet
cursed effeminate men (those men who
are in the similitude (assume the manners
of women) and those women who assume
the manners of men, and he said, "Turn
them out of your houses ." The Prophet
turned out such-and-such man, and 'Umar
turned out such-and-such woman." - Sahih
Bukhari 7:72:774
4. "Gay police group's "anti-Christian" ad
rapped", Reuters, October 18, 2006
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