Persecution of gay and bisexual men by the Islamic State
Persecution of gay and bisexual men by the Islamic State Violence against LGBT people is part of the ideology of ISIL, which mandates capital punishment for homosexuality within its territory, in Iraq, Syria, and Libya. Twenty-six-year-old Faraj Ali Shalwi was a dapper dresser. And while his tight-knit circle of friends in his Libyan hometown, Derna, admired his sense of style, his neighbors treated him with suspicion.
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“A Jihad for Love,” released in , explores the secret lives of gay Muslims in twelve countries, including Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Egypt, Bangladesh, and Turkey. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address:.
Islamist Homophobia in the West
Executive Summary The global LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex and asexual/aromantic/agender) community has historically been subjected to hateful rhetoric, discriminatory practices and acts of violence. In the West, this animosity has traditionally mostly originated from a heterogeneous array of actors that can broadly be identified with the far-right. Aaron Y. The group's public executions of gay men are part of a deliberate moral policing campaign, one aimed at showing supporters and enemies alike that it means to enforce its narrow, atavistic view of Islamic law wherever it can. Homosexuality in Muslim World Shrouded in Secrecy
A Jihad for Love: Directed by Parvez Sharma. With Muhsin Hendricks, A.K. Hoosen, Mazen, Abdellah Taïa. A documentary on gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims across the Muslim and Western worlds. This Washington Post article tells the story of a betrayal—a double betrayal, really. The first betrayal is the one mentioned in the article itself. “It’s OK to Be Gay”
That’s what jihad –the jihad for gay rights and gay pride–looks like, and is. The Muslim leadership of Hamtramck has made that struggle harder than it already is, but once begun, a jihad isn’t so easy to stop. When he was twenty-five, Naveed Merchant, tormented by the tension between his Islamic faith and his homosexuality, swallowed almost three hundred Tylenol pills. His mother and brother found him and rushed him to an emergency room in Southern California. Pulse nightclub shooting
On June 12, , year-old Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in a mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States. Pulse was hosting a "Latin Night", and most of the victims were of Latino descent. In a call made shortly after the shooting began, Mateen swore allegiance to the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and said the U.S. . 
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Gay Jihad
A Jihad for Love (preceded by a short film called In the Name of Allah) is a documentary film written and directed by Parvez Sharma and was the world's first film on Islam and homosexuality. [3][4] It took a total of six years to make and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September .
GAY JIHAD
Gay Jihad: A failed metal [hair metal] band started in [] by governor [Rick Santorum]. .