Monday, December 17, 2007

NY Times: Gay Retreat to Shadows in New Iraq

Read the following. It's NOT news.

By CARA BUCKLEY
Published: December 18, 2007

BAGHDAD — In a city and country where outsiders are viewed with deep suspicion and attracting attention can imperil one’s life, Mohammed could never blend in, even if he wanted to.

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In January, a United Nations report described the increased persecution, torture and extrajudicial killing of Iraqi lesbians and gay men. In 2005, Iraq’s most revered Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, issued a fatwa, or religious decree, calling for gay men and lesbians to be killed in the “worst, most severe way.”

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1 comment:

  1. AnnDecember 18, 2007 at 12:04 AM

    Wonder when the House of Bishops will make a statement against this? Wasn't that there pledge at their last meeting?

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