-Caveat Lector- Hooray! At least SOME group has guts and a spine to stand up against this slop. On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:42:05 -0300 Yardbird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -Caveat Lector- > > Islamic Countries Decry Homosexuality at U.N. Meeting > > http://www.islam-online.net/english/News/2001-06/27/article4.shtml > > NEW YORK, June 26 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Eleven Islamic > countries > on Tuesday objected to the participation of homosexuals in a special > session of the U.N. on the subject of HIV/AIDS. > > Egypt, one of 11 Islamic countries participating in a U.N. special > meeting > on fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, presented a memorandum objecting > to a > procedural amendment suggested by Norway, Sweden and Canada, > permitting > the participation of a member of an international committee for > homosexuals' rights group, Karen Kablin. > > Islamic countries participating at the U.N. conference include > Syria, > Egypt, Sudan, Pakistan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Libya. > > Kablin is one of 700 members representing non-governmental > organizations > contributing to the two-day U.N. conference. > > She was invited to officially represent the homosexual community, a > community liable more than any other to contract HIV/AIDS. > > Meanwhile, the British weekly, The Times, said Islamic nations such > as > Iran, Libya and Egypt, teamed up with the Vatican to try and block a > proposed reference in a final U.N. declaration to the special > vulnerability of some high-risk groups. > > An Iranian negotiator said: "What is being objected to by Islamic > countries are the terms that refer to 'men who have sex with men' > and 'sex > workers and their clients'. They are not terms that can be included > in a > declaration by heads of state and U.N. members. Including those > terms > would imply recognition of them and that is a flagrant violation of > Islamic values," the paper reported. > > Clare Short, the U.K.'s Secretary of State for International > Development, > criticized Muslim countries and the Vatican as being "reactionary" > for > trying to stop mention of homosexuals and prostitutes at United > Nation's > special session on Aids on Monday. > > On Sunday, a Muslim gay and lesbian group called al-Fatiha has > chosen San > Francisco's Gay Pride weekend to go public and call on fellow > Muslims to > demonstrate for gay rights, the BBC online service reported. > > A leading Muslim cleric denounced the so-called Muslim homosexual > group. > Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, a Qatar-based sheik, said: "Allah > prohibited > adultery and all means that lead to it. He also forbade all forms of > abnormal behavior [including homosexuality]." > > Homosexuality is mentioned in the Qur'an as an abominable sin. In > more > than one chapter (Surah) of the Qur'an, the denounced people of Lout > are > mentioned as a symbol of homosexuality. > > Muslim scholars quote an aya (verse) from the Qur'an that prohibits > homosexuality. Allah says, "Those who love [to see] obscenity spread > among > the believers will have a grievous penalty in their life and in the > hereafter: Allah knows, and you know not." (Surat Al-Noor 24:19) > > Muslim scholars further warn Muslims not to associate with those who > insist on this lifestyle, considering it legitimate and who feel > "gay > pride". > > They assert that Muslims should not leave him/her who has taken that > wrongful path to the temptations of the Devil. > > Meanwhile, Prof. Zaghloul al-Naggar, professor of geology and > Director of > the London-based Markfield Institute of Higher Education, told > IslamOnline > that many Westerners - some of them homosexual - convert to Islam in > order > to appeal to Islamic communities and spread sinful behavior among > Muslims, > thus shaking their belief. > > Naggar cited the example of Richard S. Burton, a British writer who > wrote > in his book "A Journey to Mecca" how he publicly converted to Islam > for > ulterior motives rather than out of real faith. > > Naggar also referred to Turkish Jews who converted to Islam to reach > power > in Turkey during the times of Muslim Caliphs. > > Meanwhile, at the U.N. conference, the U.S. allocated $480 million, > double > the amount allocated last year, in order to fight HIV/AIDS. > > U.N. 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