Persecution of gay and bisexual men by the Islamic State
In , during the early stages of the Gaza war, a video described as “ Hamas executes people by throwing them off a roof of a building!” was shared widely on social media. [20]. Yet the statement didn't acknowledge that Pulse was a gay club, and that many of the victims were members of the LGBTQ community. It's no surprise to gay Egyptians, say community leaders. In much of the Middle East, it’s getting more dangerous to be gay
BEFORE a crowd of men on a street in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the masked Islamic State group judge read out the sentence against the two men convicted of homosexuality: They would be thrown to. The Islamic State has released photos that allegedly show militants executing gay men by throwing them from the top of a tall building in Mosul, Iraq. Other photos show two men allegedly accused of theft being crucified in a public square. ISIS persecution of gay men compounds fear for LGBT community
In a Friday sermon that was posted to the Al-Aqsa Call YouTube channel on June 26, , Palestinian Islamic scholar Sheikh Yousef Abu Islam criticized Gay Pride Month and said that Allah has commanded that homosexuals should be thrown head first off the highest rooftops and then stoned. Abu Islam added that if Muslims do not stand up against the "abomination" of homosexuality, Allah will send. He asked one of the men if he was satisfied with the sentence. Death, the judge told him, would help cleanse him of his sin. 
Gruesome Photos Allegedly Show Islamic State Throwing Gay Men
ISIS has released images that appear to show gay men being hurled off buildings and then stoned to death, part of the militants' self-professed mission to crack down on "sexual deviance." The. ISIS has released images that appear to show gay men being hurled off buildings and then stoned to death, part of the militants' self-professed mission to crack down on "sexual deviance. The horrific execution tactic is the latest in a string of brutal punishment methods applied by ISIS under its strict interpretation of Islamic — or shariah — law, from crucifying Christians to stoning alleged adulterers to flogging young men for drinking.
Post does not depict Palestinian violence against queer
The Islamic State group, which on Monday called the Orlando mass shooter Omar Mateen 'one of the soldiers of the caliphate in America,' has a history of targeting gays with brutal public killings. .
ISIS killing gay men by throwing them off buildings
In mid-August, ISIS released a video of a man accused of “homosexual acts” and "corruption of thought" being pushed off the roof of a tall building. In Jordan, too, local rights groups say ISIS has killed people for being gay. The country has no formal groups responsible for protecting LGBT rights. .
Palestinian Islamic Scholar
An Instagram post showing an image of a man being thrown off a roof suggests this is how Palestinians treat the queer community in the Palestinian territories. But the photo was taken in Homs, Syria and the crime was committed by a member of the Islamic State jihadist group, anti-extremism researchers told AFP. . Islamic State group targets gays with brutal public killings
Extremist group has murdered dozens of men accused of homosexuality, many thrown off rooftops and then shot or stoned. .