Calling Karen Huges! Calling Karen Huges!

[unhappycamper]

We need a serious spin meister! It seems those wiley Arabs have peeked behind the curtain.

This is a current Aljazeera poll:

Will the US military investigation into the killings of Iraqi civilians in Haditha reveal the truth?
Yes : 30%
No : 61%
Unsure : 9%

Number of pollers : 22267

[Ian David]

1. Oh, those silly Arabs are SO out of touch! Don't they know...

that the most important issue right now is that gay people can get a marriage license in Massachusetts?

Until the Arab countries get on the ball and learn how to prioritize things, they'll never be as civilized as we are, and we'll never find Natalie Holloway.

"Oh, we're hungry! We don't have electricity! We don't have water! We're being blown-up! We're being tortured! They killed my family"

Oh, always with the petty complaints.

They should worry about the real threat to their country-- gay people getting married!

:sarcasm:

[DianaForRussFeingold]

2. Iraq's catching on;Since the US-led invasion, gay people are being killed

:shrug:"I don't want to be gay anymore. When I go out to buy bread, I'm afraid. When the doorbell rings, I think that they have come for me.":grr:

That is the fear that haunts Hussein, and other gay men in Iraq. They say that since the US-led invasion, gay people are being killed because of their sexual orientation.

Islam considers homosexuality sinful. A website published in the Iranian city of Qom in the name of Ayatollah Sistani, Iraq's most revered Shia cleric, says: "Those who commit sodomy must be killed in the harshest way". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4915172.stm


:banghead: :kick:

[Ian David]

3. Officially, they're only supposed to kill lesbians now.

Sistani Removes ‘Death to Gays’ Fatwa from Website
But anti-lesbian fatwa remains

LONDON, May 15, 2006 – Iraqi gays are claiming success following the decision of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to remove from his website a fatwa calling for the killing of homosexuals in the “worst, most severe way possible”.

The removal on May 10 follows protests to Sistani by the London office of the Iraqi gay rights organisation, Iraqi LGBT, which represents a clandestine network of lesbian and gay activists inside Iraq’s major cities, including Baghdad, Najaf, Karbala, Hilla, Duhok and Basra.

Following two weeks of negotiations with Iraqi LGBT – UK, Sistani’s office agreed to remove the fatwa calling for the murder of gay men, but has curiously refused to remove the fatwa urging punishment for lesbianism.

Initially, Sistani’s office had demanded that Iraqi LGBT-UK delete their criticisms of Sistani from their website and apologise to the Grand Ayatollah for questioning his religious authority.

Iraqi LGBT-UK refused. It issued a counter-demand that Sistani remove his ‘death to gays’ fatwa from his website. After two weeks of sometimes tense negotiations, Sistani’s representatives in London and Najaf agreed to drop the homophobic fatwa from his website – except for the section calling for the punishment of lesbianism.

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“We believe that Sistani’s fatwa has encouraged and sanctioned the current wave of execution-style assassinations of lesbians and gay men. He owes gay Iraqis an apology. He owes all Iraqis an apology for setting straight Iraqis against gay Iraqis.

“Endorsing the murder of other human beings is unIslamic. Our Muslim faith is one of love, compassion, tolerance and mercy. Hatred and prejudice have no legitimate place in our religion.

More:
http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/2006may/1501.htm