Iraq: “How Islamist gangs use internet to track, torture and kill Iraqi gays”
Guardian: “How Islamist gangs use internet to track, torture and kill Iraqi gays” Guardian reports: — “Iraqi militias infiltrate internet gay chatrooms to hunt their…
Violence Against Gay Human Beings
Indonesia’s Aceh passes law on stoning to death — death for adulterers, steep prison for homosexuality
— Indonesia’s Aceh passes law on stoning to death — AP reports: “Adulterers can be stoned to death and homosexuality is punishable by steep prison…
Turkish father goes on trial over son’s gay “honor killing” — murder of Ahmet Yildiz
Turkish father goes on trial over son’s gay “honour killing” — DPA reports: “A Turkish father accused of murdering his homosexual son in a so-called…
Tennessee – Arson Attack on Church Previously Vandalized with “KKK”
— news reports: — “On Sunday, August 23, the St. Elmo United Methodist church on St. Elmo Avenue in Chattanooga went up in flames.” —…
Iraq: “Honor Killings” and Attacks on Gays Continue to Rise
— BBC: Anti-gay attacks on rise in Iraq — “So-called honour killings also account for deaths where families punish their own kin in order to…
Pakistan: Christians Burned to Death (including women and children), Mob Burns Houses, Church in Punjab’s Gojra – Korian Area
Compass reports: “Pakistan – Christians Burned to Death in Islamist Attacks” — “14 believers reportedly killed; more than 100 homes burned in Gojra town, Korian…
UK: Academic challenges ‘homophobic’ Muslims
(UK) Academic challenges ‘homophobic’ Muslims
DC – Report: “‘Mainstream’ Islamist Convention Features Hate Speech” — ISNA Convention
IPT: DC – “‘Mainstream’ Islamist Convention Features Hate Speech” — ISNA Convention — IPT reports: “During a “meet the authors” session, Imam Warith Deen Umar,…
UK Report: “Liberal gays are scared to tell the truth about Muslim homophobia”
(UK) Report: “Liberal gays are scared to tell the truth about Muslim homophobia”
India: Muslim leaders unite against move to repeal Section 377
(India) Muslim leaders unite against move to repeal Section 377 — a “development that could sap the government’s enthusiasm for a relook at the law…