Chances are, we’ll later be told that this was “taken out of context.” No controversial statement by a Muslim figure has ever been taken in its “proper” context, you know. “Muslim leader blasts gay lifestyle,” by Karyl Walker for the Jamaica Observer, February 1:
President of the Islamic Council of Jamaica, Mustafa Muhammad, says he agrees with the Sharia law which prescribes death for people who openly flaunt homosexual behaviour.
Muhammad did not mince words as he lashed out against what he described as an unclean, unnatural lifestyle.
“It is illegal and in the Sharia law the punishment is death. If you follow Christianity it is a crime in the sight of God. He destroyed a whole city because of this thing. It is an ungodly practice and I apologise to no one for this,” Muhammad said. […]
Muhammad made sure to state that he was against the killing of gays in Jamaica.
“This can only be done in a country that is being run by Islam,” he said.
And which system of laws would he like to see in Jamaica?