Islamic gay rights

Some give in to the pressure and accept a marriage for which they are ill-suited. Few individual statements could readily be found from Saudi Arabian Public officials. We use cookies to improve our service for you. In the case of an alleged homosexual, the man is either dragged to the middle of the crowd or taken to the top of a high-rise building to be read the religious justification for his execution. The lucky ones are simply executed by hanging or thrown off a tall building. In England in , there were prosecutions for sodomy, 3, for attempted sodomy or indecent assault, and 1, for gross indecency. For the vast majority who identify as gay, lesbian or transgender the attitudes of family and society are a much bigger problem.

The mukhannath or effeminate man is obviously male, but naturally behaves like a female, unlike the khuntha , an intersex person , who could be either male or female. In September , the Government passed Federal Decree No 4, a series of changes to reduce doctors' criminal liability. International Alternatives to Detaining Immigrants.