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Egypt: Eight men jailed for appearing in “gay wedding” video

Nov 2, 2014 3:01 pm By Robert Spencer

egypt-homosexual-gay-prison-arrestWoe to you — from the gay community — if you dare to point out Muslim persecution of gays. When Pamela Geller and I ran ads highlighting the mistreatment of gays in Islamic law, the San Francisco City Council issued a resolution condemning not that mistreatment, but our ads. Gay advocates such as Theresa Sparks and Chris Stedman attacked us for daring to call attention to the institutionalized mistreatment of gays under Islamic law. Their gay advocacy doesn’t extend to standing up to Sharia oppression of gays, even though that oppression is far more virulent and violent than anything from “right-wing extremists” in the U.S. And you can’t blame them: given the Leftist/jihadist alliance, it’s clear that if they spoke out against Islamic mistreatment of gays, they would no longer be invited to the best parties, and might even be branded as “right-wing.” Their moral cowardice and duplicity, however, are obvious.

Even in non-Sharia states, Sharia is enough of a cultural hangover for incidents like this to happen: “Eight Men Jailed For Appearing in Egyptian ‘Gay Wedding’ Video,” International Business Times, November 1, 2014 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Eight men have been jailed for appearing in an alleged same-sex wedding video in Egypt.

The men were each sentenced to three years in prison for the crime of “inciting debauchery”, after being filmed in the wedding video on a boat on the Nile.

The clip, posted online as @Egypt’s first gay wedding@, shows two men exchanging rings and embracing while friends cheer.

In September, a statement from the office of Egypt’s chief prosecutor denounced the video as “shameful to God” and “offensive to public morals”.

Egypt does not have a specific law making homosexuality illegal. But the men who appeared in the video were arrested last month and “tested” for homosexuality. It’s not clear what the homosexuality test involved, although it is thought to be an invasive anal examination.
This video has led to eight men being prosecuted.

Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat said the video violated public decency. But the charity Human Rights Watch have said that anal examinations violate international standards against torture.

The verdict is the latest in a crackdown against gay people by Egyptian authorities.

Earlier this year, an Egyptian court convicted four men of committing homosexual acts and sentenced them to up to eight years in prison.

Police arrested the men for holding parties allegedly involved homosexual acts, although the men were actually found wearing women’s clothes and make-up.

Three of the four men received eight years, while one received three years with hard labour.

In 2011 a high profile trial of 52 men accused of being gay caught international attention and drew criticism from rights groups. Twenty-three of them were sentenced to up to five years in prison, while the rest were acquitted.

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  1. voegelinian says

    Nov 2, 2014 at 3:31 pm

    Salah’s Brave New Egypt, the Great Brown Hope to solve the problem of Islam, continues apace.

    • Salah says

      Nov 2, 2014 at 4:44 pm

      Judges are only applying the laws, many of these laws will eventually change with the election of the new parliament in a couple of months.
      We also need to understand that Muslims as well as Christians aren’t in favor of this gay thing. Too bad for immorality!

      • forthfaran says

        Nov 2, 2014 at 6:57 pm

        It won’t change,who are you kidding?. When homosexuality was illegal in Britain the authorities turned a blind eye unless they were forced to acknowledge it. If sent to prison it was for a few months. Christians are not in favour of homosexual behaviour but very few want it criminalised again.

      • Jay Boo says

        Nov 2, 2014 at 7:52 pm

        “Too bad for immorality”

        Salah, with all due respect that seems to be a bit of a dodge.

        • Salah says

          Nov 2, 2014 at 8:45 pm

          Well…kind of (wink)
          I’m not sure how we should deal with this gay thing. But I do know that it is immoral. Thus, I’m 100% against this culture.
          Remember, I’m a Catholic, and while we all need to unite against the jihad threat, there’s a difference between our perception of it.
          Non-Christians in general tend to fight against jihad because it’s evil, inhuman and a threat to our security.
          Christians, on the other hand, tend to fight against jihad for the same reasons too. But in this fight they perceive jihad as ONLY one aspect of our fight against Evil (i.e. Satan.)
          We, Christians, are fully aware that we cannot fight one aspect of Evil while approving another (sodomy, abortion, etc.)
          Our fight must be TOTAL. We don’t do it through violence, but we can’t approve Evil either. And to us, sodomy *is* one more aspect of Evil.

        • Jay Boo says

          Nov 2, 2014 at 11:28 pm

          “Our fight must be TOTAL”

          That is a very slippery slope.
          I wasn’t aware that Christians have a ‘duty’ to fight against homosexuality.
          I think God can handle that one without our help.
          That kind of thinking easily leads to self-righteous arrogance in line with Bible verse Nazis like Fred Phelps.
          While Muslims may feel a need to earn their way to paradise as an obligation to a religion that even some of them secretly despise, are not Christians taught to be humble and grateful at the gift freely offered.

        • Salah says

          Nov 3, 2014 at 2:14 am

          @Jay Boo,

          Yes, Christians must fight against Evil in all its forms, but we don’t do it through violence, we do it peacefully through Truth, Justice and the Word of God.
          Ephesians 6:11-17
          “Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places. Therefore take unto you the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand in all things perfect. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of justice, And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace: In all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one. And take unto you the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit (which is the word of God).

  2. moses says

    Nov 2, 2014 at 4:25 pm

    Leftist liberals will just keep defending islam despite the evidence

  3. moses says

    Nov 2, 2014 at 4:27 pm

    Leftist liberals will just keep defending islam despite the evidence.

  4. Jay Boo says

    Nov 2, 2014 at 7:49 pm

    Hello, Ben Affleck

    Are you there?
    Pick up the phone Ben.
    Hello ……………

  5. Rebecca says

    Nov 2, 2014 at 11:23 pm

    Growing up in the United States, it’s hard to understand such a culture, where the government dictates to people how they shud live their lives. I’m surprised that I’m shocked by this news story- like I somehow expected everyone in the world to live with the same freedoms that I do.
    (note: I am religous and against homosexuality)

  6. cesar bento says

    Nov 3, 2014 at 4:52 am

    Due to stupid Shaaria comandment that muslims can have sex with girls only after mariage, lots of muslim boys start homosexual relations with friends, and after they became gays regularly….

  7. Skevin says

    Nov 3, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    The story has been covered for weeks by the international gay press, such as the Advocate and Pink News. Google it yourself. I’m too disgusted by the tone of some of the posts here to write anything more.

    • Mirren10 says

      Nov 4, 2014 at 4:27 pm

      ” I’m too disgusted by the tone of some of the posts here to write anything more.”

      You may be disgusted, ( although I see no reason why you should expect everyone to extol the merits of homosexuality) but reflect on the fact that no-one here, whether they object to homosexuality for religious reasons, or simply find it pretty repulsive, is prepared to hang you, flog you, murder you, or imprison you for following your sexual orientation. Unlike mohammedans.

  8. Infovoyeur says

    Nov 3, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    The Christian-identifieds above who feel homosexuality is sinful. Consider that we are all puppets whose strings are pulled by the invisible puppet-motivator. In this case, Christians against the “gay thing” are unconsciously motivated not by “objective facts / indubitable truths” etc. But only by these three invisible but real forces. (1) Theological tradition, (2) Historical: homophobia as part of much Western culture, and (3) psychologically, the need for some people for the idea of Natural Law–one main centerline system, deviation from which risks group and individual safety etc.

    Thus, they know not why they believe as they do, but construct rationalizations for the beliefs. (Well, in this they are only human, eh…)

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