Years before Isis began throwing allegedly gay men off the top of buildings, other groups in Iraq were attacking “un-manly” men – sometimes killing them slowly by injecting glue into the anus. The problem with such laws, even if not vigorously enforced, is that they signal official disapproval of homosexuality and, coupled with the fulminations of religious scholars, legitimise discrimination by individuals at an everyday level and may also provide an excuse for action by vigilantes. In England in 1952, there were 670 prosecutions for sodomy, 3,087 for attempted sodomy or indecent assault, and 1,686 for gross indecency. Statistics are scarce but the number of arrests is undoubtedly lower than it was during the British wave of homophobia in the 1950s. These laws have a catastrophic effect on the lives of people who are unlucky enough to get caught but, despite occasional crackdowns, the authorities don’t, on the whole, actively seek out gay people to arrest them. In Egypt, for example, an old law against “debauchery” is often used. In those that have no specific law against homosexuality, gay people may still be prosecuted under other laws. In Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen and Mauritania, sodomy is also punishable by death – though no executions have been reported for at least a decade.Īmong other Arab countries, the penalty in Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Tunisia and Syria is imprisonment – up to 10 years in the case of Bahrain. In Iran today, lavat (sodomy) is a capital offence and people are frequently executed for it. An old joke in Afghanistan is that birds fly over Kandahar with one wing held under their tail – as a precaution.Īt another level, though, it’s no joking matter.
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Idlib in Syria is one of them Qazvin in Iran is another. In some Muslim countries, whole towns have become the butt of jokes about the supposed homosexuality of their inhabitants. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, men who had been persecuted for their sexuality in Europe often sought refuge in Morocco and, long before same-sex marriage was dreamed of in the west, male-on-male partnerships were recognised – and marked with a ceremony – in the remote Egyptian oasis of Siwa. Historically, Muslim societies have often acknowledged this – tolerating it to some extent even if they disapproved. Of course, same-sex relationships don’t always stop at the platonic level. In the Qur’anic vision of Paradise, there are not only 72 female virgins in attendance but handsome young men who serve an endless supply of non-alcoholic drinks. There’s no sin in appreciating male beauty, either. Patriarchy, by its nature, extols masculinity.
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Muslim society is still, by and large, strongly patriarchal. Moroccan activists participate in a vigil in Rabat to pay tribute to the victims of the Orlando gay club shooting. They hug and kiss a lot too – and according to a former head of Al-Azhar’s fatwa committee in Egypt, there’s nothing wrong with same-sex kissing so long as there is “no chance for any temptation”. Gender segregation, which goes to extreme lengths in the more conservative Muslim countries, encourages homosocial behaviour, creating a situation where men are often more comfortable in the presence of other men and where placing a hand on another man’s knee is a sign of friendship, not an invitation to sex. It doesn’t mean what you might think it means, but it’s also less surprising than it might seem. In Lebanon, you’ll find straight men who spend hours preening themselves and, in Afghanistan, warriors who wear eye makeup. Western visitors to Egypt are often struck by the sight of men – even soldiers in uniform – holding hands in the street. Look on the internet and you will also find copies of the “ Rainbow Qur’an” for sale – an unconsciously gay edition of the holy book with tinted pages of every hue and recommended on one website as “an ideal gift for Muslims”.īut there are two sides to this cross-cultural misunderstanding.
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It wasn’t until the Afghan Pajhwok news agency explained how they might be misinterpreted that the craze came to a sudden halt.
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In Afghanistan, only a few years ago, there was a craze for decorating cars with rainbow stickers – which Chinese factories were only too happy to supply. The case of the gaily painted school shows how progress in one part of the world can have adverse effects elsewhere and serves as a reminder that there are places where the connection between rainbows and LGBT rights is either new or yet to be discovered.