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Malaysia is pushing for Sharia law to be tougher against LGBT+ Muslims - C C - Apr 9, 2021
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/25/malaysia-criminal-legal-law-queer-trans-lgbt/
INTRO: On Tuesday (6 April) the Malaysian government announced plans to move forward with an amendment to the Sharia Courts Act that would allow heavier punishments to be imposed on the LGBT+ community.
The country’s strict Islamic laws already penalise any form of anal or oral sex with up to 20 years in prison and mandatory caning – but ministers want to push it further still.
Religious affairs minister Datuk Zulkifli Mohamad has strongly endorsed the amendment, initially tabled by his deputy, which would drastically increase the maximum sentencing limits Sharia Courts can impose against Sharia offences. LGBT+ people are “violating the norms” of human behaviour, the minister declared as he defended the proposal.
“We cannot accept such practices. We just need to manage the issue with wisdom, inviting and educating them to return to the right path,” Free Malaysia Today reported him saying.
The government’s insistence on draconian anti-LGBT+ laws was slammed by the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG), a coalition of 14 women’s rights organisations in Malaysia. Speaking to Malay Mail, the group reminded Malaysia’s government of its intention to join the UN’s Human Rights Council, a body that opposes everything the Sharia law amendment represents... (MORE)
RE: Malaysia is pushing for Sharia law to be tougher against LGBT+ Muslims - Magical Realist - Apr 12, 2021
Didn't seem like the caning was all that bad. It's probably more of psychological scarring of being jeered and condemned by their community who is watching them get caned. 100 months in the graybar hotel otoh?...yeah that sucks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuzXdbirgf8
RE: Malaysia is pushing for Sharia law to be tougher against LGBT+ Muslims - Zinjanthropos - Apr 12, 2021
Malayasia...just another shithole country, one that spends more time worrying about LGBT+ than they do about keeping passenger jets in the air and finding them after they crash.