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Here are the 10 countries where homosexuality may be punished by death
By Max Bearak and
Darla Cameron June 16, 2016
In the wake of America's deadliest mass shooting ever — at a gay nightclub in Orlando on Sunday — we have updated our map of LGBT rights around the world.

Hover over the countries below to see which category each falls into.

Below the map, we take a closer look at the 10 countries in which homosexuality can be punishable by death. In some, the sentencing derives from an interpretation of sharia law. There are some in which provisions for the death penalty exist but have never been carried out. In others that we haven't included, non-state actors who control swaths of land either summarily execute or sentence homosexuals to death.



Here are the 10 countries where homosexuality may be punishable by death:

Yemen: According to the 1994 penal code, married men can be sentenced to death by stoning for homosexual intercourse. Unmarried men face whipping or one year in prison. Women face up to seven years in prison.

Iran: In accordance with sharia law, homosexual intercourse between men can be punished by death, and men can be flogged for lesser acts such as kissing. Women may be flogged.

The Islamic State's horrific history of persecuting gays
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Mauritania: Muslim men engaging in homosexual sex can be stoned to death, according to a 1984 law, though none have been executed so far. Women face prison.

Nigeria: Federal law classifies homosexual behavior as a felony punishable by imprisonment, but several states have adopted sharia law and imposed a death penalty for men. A law signed in early January makes it illegal for gay people countrywide to hold a meeting or form clubs.

Qatar: Sharia law in Qatar applies only to Muslims, who can be put to death for extramarital sex, regardless of sexual orientation.

Saudi Arabia: Under the country’s interpretation of sharia law, a married man engaging in sodomy or any non-Muslim who commits sodomy with a Muslim can be stoned to death. All sex outside of marriage is illegal.


Afghanistan: The Afghan Penal Code does not refer to homosexual acts, but Article 130 of the Constitution allows recourse to be made to sharia law, which prohibits same-sex sexual activity in general. Afghanistan’s sharia law criminalizes same-sex sexual acts with a maximum of the death penalty. No known cases of death sentences have been meted out since the end of Taliban rule in 2001.

Somalia: The penal code stipulates prison, but in some southern regions, Islamic courts have imposed sharia law and the death penalty.

Sudan: Three-time offenders under the sodomy law can be put to death; first and second convictions result in flogging and imprisonment. Southern parts of the country have adopted more lenient laws.

United Arab Emirates: Lawyers in the country and other experts disagree on whether federal law prescribes the death penalty for consensual homosexual sex or only for rape. In a recent Amnesty International report, the organization said it was not aware of any death sentences for homosexual acts. All sexual acts outside of marriage are banned.

Yes. Yemen, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Somalia, there are a couple others where it can be punishable by death.

me above:

I could understand predatory pedophilic homosexuality. (being a severe crime)

China is actually the leader in punishing the gay community for homosexuality with the death penalty. Iran is #2. But we're in trade talks with China and ever since Trump was elected Iran has been his biggest foreign talking point. So....

Personally I think it’s moot. trump coming up with a plan to globally end discrimination of any kind is political postiuring. He has no say in other country’s politics. He might as well have declared he’s starting a campaign to end discrimination against Jewish people, or any other race, creed, belief, etc.
Realistically how’s he going to make countries that throw gays off rooftops change? By calling them out? They’ve been called out. They still do it.
I’d say the same if it were any President. Global initiatives sound good. Getting irrational nations that have such belief systems on board... a much harder row to hoe.
We can’t keep Saudi Arabia from killing reporters. What are the chances we can convince them to treat homosexuals better? Sudan? We can’t get them to stop having warlords steel donated bags of rice. How are they going to respond when we tell them to not kill or imprison homosexuals?
Maybe trump should be more focused on that healthcare plan he promised us. The best mostest inexpensive and amazing healthcare plan “believe me”.

Or he can try to stop ice skating in Sweden. Or animal ‘abuse’ in Cambodia (they still eat dogs there.) Seems like a good use of his efforts. :rollseyes:

I’d prefer the healthcare thing he promised but hey look, he likes gays now!

Wait, where's the typica lib response?

"Racist!!! Homophobe!!! He doesn't really mean it. "

It depends on how much support and backing he can get at home doesn't it? This is the type of issue I was just talking about a couple posts up. This should be an issue the Democrats would want to take up and push forward on. Trump by himself isn't going to get any movement on it. But a politically unified American Gov't would have some weight behind it.

Erik knowingly posting from alt right websites tells me everything I need to know about him.

What’s an out.com?

Good.

Now about the trans-gender ban in the military...?