Tag: Muslims

TfL has previously carried campaigns by Pakistan Tourism, Emirates airline and Qatar Airways, but has put a hold on accepting any more Transport for London (TfL), has suspended advertising from 11 countries with poor human rights records. London’s Evening Standard newspaper revealed the suspension today. Countries impacted include Iran, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. All of them have the death penalty for consensual gay sex. The other countries suspended from advertising are Pakistan, Qatar, the UAE, Mauritania and Afghanistan. According...

Believers have changed their tune since marriage equality was made legal in the U A majority of US Muslims now support marriage equality. Over 40,000 Americans from across the US have been surveyed on social issues, and people of faith have improved their views on LGBTI rights. The Public Religion Research Institute’s 2017 American Values Atlas found despite continued opposition from leaders, believers are more relaxed about gay people marrying. The Supreme Court legalized marriage equality across all 50 states in 2015. Majority of...

A gay imam has revealed plans to open an LGBTQ-friendly mosque. Nur Warsame came out in 2010 and has now revealed plans to open the welcoming mosque in Melbourne. Speaking to ABC, the Somalian explained that he decided to open a mosque that would be welcoming of the LGBTQ people after he faced an “avalanche of misery” from Muslim teenagers. The imam is working closely with a number of philanthropists to build the mosque, which would also serve as a place of...

Failed Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore still hasn’t conceded the Senate race to Democratic rival Doug Jones — but that hasn’t stopped him from bitterly posting articles that cast blame on “Muslims” and “Marxists” for his humiliating loss. In a pair of Facebook posts that have gone up over the past two days, Moore has promoted an article from conspiracy theory website World Net Daily that alleges “a coalition of Muslim and Marxist-led groups” was instrumental in defeating Moore’s Senate...

LOS ANGELES - In response to President Trump's tweeted endorsement of the far-right, anti-Muslim group Britain First, the Los Angeles LGBT Center issued the following statement: "The Los Angeles LGBT Center joins with the international human rights community to condemn President Trump’s endorsement this morning of far-right propaganda against Muslims. "Tweeting videos spread by British extremists that further demonize Muslims opens the door for Trump’s supporters to target Muslims for acts of hatred and violence. This action is indefensible on many...

In the Syrian city of Palmyra, 2 gay men are sentenced to death. The masked member of the Islamic State reads out the sentence, adding that death would cleanse them of sin. 32 yr old Hawas Mallah asked to be shot in the head, while 21 year old Muhammed Salameh asked for a chance to repent, promising to never have intercourse with a man again. Their hands were tied, before they were dropped head first from the roof. IS is...