Why is it that most muslim countries are against homosexuality?
Why is it that most muslim countries are against homosexuality?
I was talking this with a friend and we were checking where homosexuality is criminalized and we realized there is a correlation with muslim countries.
religion. also its only relatively recently that “christian” majority nations have legalised it.
a lot of places in america still hate homosexuality as well
In most Muslim countries, religious law is THE law. There is no separation of church and state.
This is the core of the issue. It does also depend on which strand of denomination of Islam is in play. Unfortunately most of the larger ones are extremely illiberal, and the ones that are not (such as the Ahmadiyya) are actively persecuted by those that are
“Newer” religions, using the term loosely, don’t have that many followers. One way to have more followers is to encourage your existing followers to have more children. That’s why birth control, abortion, and such are banned or discouraged by some religions. Homosexuality is the same thing: a gay couple isn’t going to “be fruitful and multiply”, they’ll just “be”. So if you ban homosexuality, maybe you’ll get more children and your religion will grow.
This map is blatantly wrong. It focuses on a small part of lgbt discriminations. And it is at least outdated.
Right now Russia is hard against lgbt and Italy is doing stuff as well. I wouldn't be surprised if things were bad in several east Europe countries (Poland, Hungary...)
And in many countries if it's not an actual crime to be lgbt there are many discriminations.
This map is mere racist shit.
This map is up to date and doesnt look a great deal different from the one OP linked
Although its true that there is discrimination on every country, there is a big difference between discrimination by people and being persecuted by authorites. Currently in Russia there is no law that criminalizes homosexuality, altough there are restrictions of expressions. (See map below).
Im sorry that you think this is "racist shit", but it is important to be aware of what countries are against homosexuality and what countries are not and see what the reason behind is. If you have sources that contribute to this, by all means post them here.
Homophobia is far from the best angle to criticize the religious fascist governments of north africa and the middle east. All fascism are equally bad. And replacing homosexual criminalization with Muslim criminalisation is merely a different color of fascism.
France is going full apartheid against Muslim these days in the name of fucking laicity! What do you think will be next when they were protesting against gay marriage a few years ago?
We should fight for human rights, not against this or that colour of fascism. And this post is merely promoting racism against Arabs. Because people don't care about your god if you don't have the right color.