Benjamin Weinthal

Meanwhile, homosexuality remains a crime across the Muslim world. In Syria, Bashar al-Assad’s regime imposes a three-year prison sentence for same-sex relations. In Libya, where Muammar Qaddafi has ruled for more than 40 blood-soaked years, the punishment is five years in prison. In Yemen, the penalty is death. The Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia lead the world in enforcing capital punishment against their LGBT communities. And the list goes on.
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