January 12, 2019

WORLD: Homosexuality LGBTQ Violate Sharia Law And Therefore A Crime Punishable By Death In Islamic Ruled Nations And Muslim Mobs Worldwide. Even In The West Where Islam No-Go Zones Exist.

Gatestone Institute
written by Khaled Abu Toameh
Tuesday June 12, 2018
  • Mahmoud Ishtiwi was executed in Gaza by three bullets to the chest, because he lived among people who consider homosexuality a sin punishable by death -- and who act on it.
  • What can one learn from the controversy? Basically, that it is safer to be a member of Hamas than to be gay. Palestinian leaders would much rather see young Palestinians trying to kill Israelis than talk about gays in their own society. In the world of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, there is no room for comedy or satire.
On June 8, an estimated 250,000 people attended the Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv. Tourists from all around the world came to Israel to watch and participate in the event. The theme of this year's event is "The Community Makes History" -- a reference to the LGBT community in Israel.

Meanwhile, as the Israelis were celebrating tolerance on the streets of Tel Aviv, their Palestinian neighbors were busy doing precisely the opposite: they were demanding that people should be fired for producing a television comedy about gay people in the Gaza Strip.

The controversial program, called "Out of Focus," has drawn strong condemnations from Palestinians, who are now calling for punishing those responsible for "insulting Arab and Islamic values."

In Palestinian and Arab society, homosexuality is denounced and stigmatized. Homosexuality is illegal under Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip, and dozens of gay Palestinians have fled to Israel out of fear of persecution and harassment. In the West Bank, the laws of the Palestinian Authority also do not protect the rights of gay Palestinians.

In the past decades, several gay Palestinians have been killed in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

In 2016, Hamas executed one of its top military commanders, Mahmoud Ishtiwi, 34, after he was found guilty of "moral turpitude" -- a thinly veiled reference to homosexuality. Ishtiwi, who was killed by three bullets to the chest, would have lived a safe life had he been an Israeli citizen. If he were living in Israel, he could even have participated in the Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv without having to conceal his identity. But he lived in the Gaza Strip among people who consider homosexuality a sin punishable by death -- and who act on it.

The case of Ishtiwi lays bare a major difference between Israeli and Palestinian society and culture.

Israel has been marching forward towards tolerance and acceptance of the gay community's rights, while Palestinians remain as intolerant as ever with regards to those who dare to act and speak differently.

The uproar over the television program about gays in the Gaza Strip is yet another example of how Palestinian society is still far from recognizing and respecting the rights of the gay community. The program, which was filmed recently in the Gaza Strip, features a comic scene in which a male actor makes sexual advances at young men as part of a "candid camera" show. In other words, the sexual advances are not for real and are only meant as a joke; those targeted were not even aware that were being filmed secretly.

In the Palestinian world, however, this is no laughing matter.

Mousa Shurrab, a comedian from the Gaza Strip and the brains behind the offending show, is in big trouble. In a posting on Facebook, Shurrab has been forced to apologize for the show. He said that he removed the video from social media. "We apologize to all our viewers," he wrote. "The program was deleted shortly after it was posted. We made a mistake which we regret."

The comedian's apology, however, has failed to calm his critics, who took to social media to express their disgust over the program. and his demeanor.

"What kind of an apology is this after you have offended all religious and cultural values for the sake of fame?" wrote Taghreed Alemoure in a Facebook comment. Several other Facebook users accused the comedian of promoting "sexual abnormality" and used derogatory remarks and curses to condemn him and threaten him. "Removing the video does not exonerate you from this moral crime," commented Mohamed Al-Aila.

Some Palestinians called on Hamas to take action against Shurrab and the producers of the show. Their call did not fall on deaf ears. The Hamas Interior Ministry quickly summoned for interrogation one of the show's producers, Emad Eid. Although Eid was released a few hours later, Hamas says it will continue to investigate the matter.

The Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency, which was accused of producing the comedy, is now doing its utmost to distance itself from the program. In a statement, Ma'an said that it had never authorized the show for broadcast and claimed that someone had instead leaked it to social media. "One of the actors posted the show on social media with our logo," the news agency said. "We reserve the right to pursue legal action against those responsible for this illegal act." The agency also offered an apology to its viewers for "harming our people and their values."

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority has launched an investigation of its own into the television show, also deeming it "harmful to our people and their values." The Ramallah-based Ministry of Information said that it was planning to take legal action against those responsible for the show.

What can one learn from the controversy surrounding the Palestinian version of "candid camera?" Basically, that it is safer to be a member of Hamas than to be gay. Palestinian leaders would much rather see young Palestinians trying to kill Israelis than talk about gays in their own society. In the world of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, there is no room for comedy or satire.

How can there be, with no room for gays or anyone who dares to touch on issues that are taboo? It is hardly a secret that Palestinian society has gay members, but their lives are rather different than those of their peers just a few miles away in Israel. How coincidental and symbolic that the Palestinian gay controversy erupted on the very day that tens of thousands of Israelis were celebrating gay pride in Israel.

Khaled Abu Toameh, a journalist based in Jerusalem, is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Gatestone Institute.
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I want to point out that I was told by a Black male friend who grew up in the South that when White Supremacist Nazi confront a Black man they ask him if he's a Muslim or Christian. If the Black man tells them that he's a Muslim, the White Supremacist Nazis let him go because they are part of the brotherhood allies in their hatred of the Jewish people. But if the Black man tells them he's a Christian, he gets murdered. (emphasis mine)

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David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is a prominent American racist, white supremacist, white nationalist politician, white separatist, anti semitic conspiracy theorist, Holocaust denier, convicted felon, and former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

A former Republican Louisiana State Representative, Duke was a candidate in the Democratic presidential primaries in 1988 and the Republican presidential primaries in 1992. Duke also ran unsuccessfully for the Louisiana State Senate, United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, and for Governor of Louisiana.

Duke was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Alice Maxine (Crick) and David Hedger Duke. As the son of an engineer for Shell Oil Company, Duke frequently moved with his family around the world. They lived a short time in the Netherlands before settling in Louisiana. In the late 1960s, Duke met William Luther Pierce, the leader of the white nationalist, neo-Nazi, Holocaust denial and anti semitic National Alliance, who would remain a lifelong influence on him. Duke joined the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in 1967.

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Islam Online
written by Staff

Wa`alykum As-Salaam Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear brother in Islam, we do really appreciate your question, which shows how far you are interested in getting yourself well-aquatinted with Islam and its teachings. May Allah bless your efforts in the pursuit of knowledge!

First of all, it should be clear that this man committed two heinous crimes: 1) homosexuality, and 2) murder. Each crime is sufficient to warrant death penalty. In addition, this man has severed ties of kinship by seducing and killing his nephew.

The Glorious Qur’an is explicit in deciding theHadd (legal penalty) for the crime of murder, when saying:“O ye who believe! the law of equality is prescribed to you in cases of murder: …”(Al-Baqarah: 178)

Homosexuality, moreover, is an abomination and a grave sin. In Hadith, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, clarifies the gravity of this abomination by saying:“Allah curses the one who does the actions (homosexual practices) of the people of Lut”repeating it three times; and he said in another Hadith:“If a man comes upon a man then they are both adulterers.”Here, he considered homosexuality tantamount to adultery in relation to the Shari’ah punishments because it is an abomination on the one hand and the definition of adultery applies to it on the other hand.

However, death fall is not the sole penalty agreed upon by the Muslim Jurists as a punishment for this crime. The punishment here is controversial due to divergence of views among `Ulama in deducting ruling as regards this case from Shari`ah sources.

Focusing more on the question in point, the eminent Muslim scholar,Sheikh `Abdel Khaliq Hasan Ash-Shareef, states:

“As regards this case (if genuine), this man committed two heinous crimes, which deserve severe punishment. He is a murderer and homosexual. Besides, he severed ties of kinship by doing such grave sins.

Death penalty (Qisas) is well established by the Qur’an in more than one verse. Allah, Most High, says:“O ye who believe! the law of equality is prescribed to you in cases of murder: …”(Al-Baqarah: 178)

As to the issue of how the homosexual person is judged in an Islamic State, the Companions of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing be upon him differed among themselves on this issue, and this led to different views maintained by Muslim Jurists. For example, in the Hanafi school of thought, the homosexual is punished through harsh beating, and if he/she repeats the act, death penalty is to be applied. As for the Shafi`i school of thought, the homosexual receives the same punishment of adultery (if he/she is married) or fornication (if not married). This means, that if the homosexual is married, he/she is stoned to death, while if single, he/she is whipped 100 times. Hence, the Shafi`i compares the punishment applied in the case of homosexuality with that of adultery and fornication, while the Hanafi differentiates between the two acts because in homosexuality, the anus (a place of impurity) may also be involved while in adultery (and fornication), the penis/vagina (which are reproductive parts) are involved. Some scholars hold the opinion that the homosexual should be thrown from a high building as a punishment for his crime, but other scholars maintain that he should be imprisoned until death.

Based on the above fact, we can conclude that, the judge is invested with full discretion as to whether this man is to be thrown from a high place or not, as a punishment for his crime. However, if the man survives death fall, the judge has the right to sentence him to death.”

Shedding more light on the legal penalty for homosexuality, Dr.Taha Jaber Al-`Alwani, President of the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences and President of the Fiqh Council, states:

“The scholars of this Ummah are in agreement – based on what has been revealed in the Qur’an and what has been authenticated in the Prophetic Tradition (Sunnah)- on prohibiting both behaviors (gayness and lesbianism) because in each of two actions there is an assault on the humanity of a person, destruction of the family and a clash with aims of the Lawgiver, one of which is the establishment of sexual instincts between males and females so as to encourage the institution of marriage.

Islam does not view sexual desire as the main aim of marriage; for marriage is a means to acquire tranquility and to actualize the love and mercy between spouses. Furthermore, it is a means for the survival of human kind and fostering a web of sound relations that aid in building sound families that constitute the smallest units for the society at large; this healthy society being the final aim of Islam.
But Islamists are ALLOWED to be controlled by their animalistic response to kill a person because they perceived that person offended Islam. No self control. Offense is key for Islam remaining in power. They just kill anyone who offends them. Including people want to leave Islam. That's how Islam keeps growing. Otherwise, there would be a much smaller following. (emphasis mine)
Actually, humans are not animals controlled by their sexual instincts, answering the call of sexual desires every time it is aroused in them. Rather, it is their responsibility to know how they can orient this craving, which is a trust Allah has implemented in them, both male and female, in addition to the will and power to choose, a blessing Allah has bestowed on humans; all this is what distinguishes them from the rest of the creatures in that they orient their conduct and do what is good.

So, viewing (material) desires as aims in themselves is a deviation from one’s natural disposition and a departure from the natural order. If the trend in the West is to legalize this conduct, it should be noted that such things did not materialize until after religious values had been diluted and had been changed to relative values that glorify individuality and make pleasures as an end and aim.

In Hadith, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, clarifies the gravity of this abomination by saying:“Allah curses the one who does the actions of the people of Lut”repeating it three times; and he said in another Hadith:“If a man comes upon a man then they are both adulterers.”Here, he considered homosexuality tantamount to adultery in relation to the Shari’ah punishments because it is an abomination on the one hand and the definition of adultery applies to it on the other hand. It has also been narrated from the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) that this crime deserves severe punishment more than that of adultery to insure its deterrence and restraint. Verily, the punishment here is the burning of both homosexuals (the actor and acted upon) or stoning them with rocks till death because Allah Most High stoned the people of Lut after demolishing their village.

As for lesbians, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said about them:“If a woman comes upon a woman, they are both Adulteresses”.The scholars mentioned that it is incumbent on the authority to enact a reprimand on lesbians that is fitting to the crime committed.

It is true that some of the scholars disagreed with these punishments not because of doubt that these actions constitute a crime, but because of a lack of divine textual stipulation for a worldly punishment. But the actions of the Prophet’s Companions do indicate that in fact this crime has a worldly punishment, to be carried out by those in authority among the Muslims. The story of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq when Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed wrote to him on this matter is famous and can be referenced in many sources.

[The story referred to above goes as follows:

“In his bookFat-h al-Qadir, the famous Hanafi scholar, Ibn al-Humam states:

“Al-Bayhaqi reported in his bookShu`ab al-Imanon the authority of Abu ad-Dunya that Abd al-`Aziz ibn Abi Hazim related from Dawud ibn Bakr who related from Muhammad ibn al-Mukadir the following:

“Khalid Ibn al-Walid wrote to Abu Bakr [seeking the legal ruling] concerning a man with whom another man had sexual intercourse. Thereupon, Abu Bakr gathered the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and sought their opinion. `Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, was the strictest of all, saying, ‘Only one nation disobeyed Allah by committing such sin and you know how Allah dealt with them. I see that we should burn the man with fire.’ The Companions unanimously agreed on this.” This incident is also mentioned by al-Waqidi under the subject of apostasy at the end of the section on the apostasy of Bani Salim.]”

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