A Malaysian man on Thursday won a landmark court challenge against an Islamic ban on sex “against the order of nature,” Reuters reports.
The unidentified plaintiff, a Muslim man in his 30s, was arrested in 2018 during a raid on a private home, Reuters said. He was one of 11 people to be detained on a charge of seeking sex “against the order of nature” under an Islamic law in Selangor, one of Malaysia’s 13 states.
Channel News Asia reports that five of those arrested during the raid pled guilty and received sentences that included caning, fines, and months-long jail sentences.
The plaintiff who brought the suit contended he was innocent, but the court’s finding didn’t just exonerate him of the specific charge – it led to the law being