'Gay wedding' ends up in cells (Muslims get something right for once)

News24 (South Africa) ^ | 12 February 2006 | News24

[Cornpone]

Dubai - A United Arab Emirates court has jailed 12 men who were arrested after being discovered preparing for a gay wedding, but acquitted another 14 defendants, an official said on Sunday.

"Eleven men have confessed to practising homsexuality.

They were sentenced to five years in prison (for homosexuality) and one year for obscenity," said the official.

"Another man was sentenced to one year in prison for obscenity, but was acquitted of homosexuality charges... while 14 others have been released after being found not guilty," he said.

The 26 defendants, including UAE citizens, an Indian and three nationals of neighbouring Arab countries, were arrested in November when police raided a hotel in a desert resort town.

Emirates Today had reported that the Abu Dhabi court had sentenced all 26 men to five years in jail.

It said the men were busted in a hotel "dressed in women's clothes and makeup in preparation for a gay wedding".

The official said the verdict was not final and could go on appeal.

The United States state department had condemned the arrests and called on its close Gulf ally to stop reported plans for a forced hormone treatment on the suspects, which an interior ministry official then denied.

Homosexuality is a serious offence in the Muslim UAE and neighbouring conservative Gulf countries, where offenders could face flogging along with imprisonment, while foreigners could also face expulsion.

Last April, a court in neighbouring Saudi Arabia sentenced two Saudis, one Yemeni and a Jordanian to two years in jail and 2 000 lashes after a police raid on an alleged gay party.

Across the Gulf in non-Arab Iran, repeated sodomy carries the death penalty.

[King Moonracer]

Across the Gulf in non-Arab Iran, repeated sodomy carries the death penalty.

Figuratively, it does here too.

[Mamzelle]

A gay muslim wedding. Considering that a Muslim man is allowed four "wives"--well...

[claudiustg]

So, are the libs going to attack Dubai now?

[bikepacker67]

The Leader of Iran has been arrested?

[Michael.SF.]

A thief looses a hand, I wonder what these guys will have cut off for this?

[Enterprise]

Uh oh. The libs might start getting uncomfortable. Imagine that, Muslims persecuting gays. Oh, the humanity!

[Cornpone]

Disgusting!!!

[paudio]

Sometimes, due to their fondness of multiculturalism (ie, anything anti white, anti Judeo-Christianity), Liberals do not want to accept the fact that under Islam, homosexuality is totally banned.

[MizSterious]

Isn't Dubai where Michael Jackson is? So gay marriage is out, but child molestation isn't?

[Windsong]

Maybe he will "loose" more than that. :)

[Fiddlstix]

YUK!
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[Joe 6-pack]

"I wish I could quit ewe!!

[JRios1968]

Gay Wedding Ends Up in Jail

Doesn't this usually work the other way around?

[FormerLib]

I'd imagine that a few years in an Arab prison won't prevent much in the way of homosexuality.

[jecIIny]

Repentance is the answer not jail. Prison does not reform people. It makes them better criminals. Islam is as screwed up as a soup sandwich.

[YOUGOTIT]

And why does the left want them to win?

[BubbaTheRocketScientist]

The United States state department had condemned the arrests and called on its close Gulf ally to stop reported plans for a forced hormone treatment on the suspects

And as usual, State is choosing the wrong position.

[jocon307]

How big was that closet, anyway?

[Paine's Ghost]

What lurks behind those berkas?

[Democratshavenobrains]

To the Left, gay bashing is alright as long as you aren't white or Christian.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Liberals do not want to accept the fact that under Islam, homosexuality is totally banned."

If Hitler had never risen to national power in Germany and pure-form Nazism lingered today as a small regional party, today's liberals would be urging us to try and be more understanding of the cultural and historical context of their *differences* with the Jewish people.

[pahpaw]

I'm surprised they didn't get the death penalty. I saw a documentary on some channel (maybe discover) and they talked to Gay Muslims as well as Gay Jews. Both believe that they WILL go to HELL no matter what they do now, but they continue to live that lifestyle knowing that for eternity they will be in Hell. Mind boggling????

[eleni121]

One of the most closely held secrets in the Mooslem world is the amount of AIDS spreading very rapidly there....very dangerous levels and not much that govts there are doing about it.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[pahpaw]

I'm sorry but that IS funny. They are so touchy feely with holding each other's hands, hugging and kissing hellow and goodbye.

It's due to their sexually repressive society where they cannot touch women until marriage or "supposedly" after they blow themselves up for the 70 virgins. Which I have heard many Muslim leaders state that is not even in their Koran. What do the female homocide bombers get (besides their family's getting money?)

[Cornpone]

Read this and you will understand why. Because of the dysfunctional concept of love, marriage and family in the mooslimb world a minimum of 25 percent of males are considered practicing homosexuals. Mernissi, Fatima, Beyond the Veil, Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 1987.

[chinche]

Our troops are fighting for the right for people to live as they want, as long as they grant the same right to others. Or am I missing something subtle and ironic from the headline of the post?

[Alter Kaker]

And as usual, State is choosing the wrong position.

You think consensual adult sex should be a felony punisheable by a long prison sentence?

[SauronOfMordor]

With not enough women to go around (the wealthy get multiple wives, the lower class men get none), Muslim society starts to look very much like a prison culture

[BubbaTheRocketScientist]

You think consensual adult sex should be a felony punisheable by a long prison sentence?

No, just forms which present a public health threat.

[Jason_b]

I had a muslim neighbor who rented an apartment across the street. He and I would talk about stuff and one of the topics was this business about polygamy. His take on it was that with all the wars and whatnot the muslims were involved in, many of the men were dying, leaving widows for the few remaining men. So that the widows could be taken care of, men were allowed to marry more than one woman if he could afford to support her. Also, this would allow the widow to have more children, to replace those killed.

It is not only in islamic societies that this view prevailed, it makes perfect sense.

Because we have a large population that replaces itself easily, and lots of wealth, comparitively, we view such arrangements as primitive and indulgent, as we promote monogamy. Apart from the indulgences practiced by muslim men who could get away with it, polygamy probably wasn't considered primitive and indulgent for most muslims in past centuries. It was necessary for survival of individuals and the state.

[non-anonymous]

In other words, you find these convictions and sentences appropriate.

What about forced hormone treatment, if the reports are correct? You're fine with that too?

[DesignerChick]

It only makes sense when you have women as chattel.

If women are treated as lower humans and not free to get jobs and educations then they will be dependent on men.

[chinche]

You think consensual adult sex should be a felony punisheable by a long prison sentence?

No, just forms which present a public health threat

More Americans die each year by automobile accident than by any other cause. Think about what you are saying.

[Daniel Ramsey]

hmmm I wonder too about what the women get from Allah, 72 blown up men(pun intended)
do they get 72 "virgin" men?

72 lezzies?

one 72 year old male?

[attiladhun2]

That is because it is hard to get laid by a woman in many Islamic countries, but is is relatively easy to find male sex partners.

[chinche]

Sorry, that should have read more young Americans die by automobile accidents (between 5 and 33 years of age). Of course, diseases associated with old age will get most of us.

[BubbaTheRocketScientist]

More Americans die each year by automobile accident than by any other cause. Think about what you are saying.

Accidents and infectious disease are two entirely different things... think about what you're saying.

[Eagles6]

It is oficially banned but it is widespread. Everyone that I know who has been there says that it's probably more common than here.

[BW2221]

The libs need to develop rules, like Canasta, regarding trumps. Does Islam trump homosexuality? Feminism? Abortion?

[chinche]

No one has to drive and no one has to have sex. Having an accident while driving has a probability associated with it. Getting infected while sexing has a probability associated with it. You focus on sexing. I focus on driving. You worry about what people do in their beds while I worry about people do in their cars.

[BubbaTheRocketScientist]

Repeated bad driving doesn't lead to the development of new strains of antibiotic-resistant bad drivers who can infect and quite possibly kill unknowing good drivers.

[chinche]

Repeated bad driving doesn't lead to the development of new strains of antibiotic-resistant bad drivers who can infect and quite possibly kill unknowing good drivers

Very good, although we were originally speaking of crimes, not anitbodies. So...think about what you are saying in the context of all human contact, not just sex. In the name of public health, you are making an argument for the regulation and criminalization of all interactions that might spread disease.

[Floratina]

They put them in prison? What the? If they are good citizens and this is the only thing that put them in prison, that is horrible and heartbreaking, IMO. Gotta think there are some really dangerous people running free over there that should be taking up tenancy in those cells instead. Whoa.

[BubbaTheRocketScientist]

In the name of public health, you are making an argument for the regulation and criminalization of all interactions that might spread disease.

No, not "all interactions". Just those which provably have a high likelihood of spreading disease. It's the same general principal as that which allows municipalities to require sewer or septic service in new housing developments. Also the reason why we don't let people self-prescribe antibiotics. And the same principle under which we can forcibly commit and medicate TB patients.

[Floratina]

Interesting. I did not know that.

[chinche]

You being with:

The United States state department had condemned the arrests and called on its close Gulf ally to stop reported plans for a forced hormone treatment on the suspects.

And as usual, State is choosing the wrong position.

And end up with something feeble:

And the same principle under which we can forcibly commit and medicate TB patients.

So, are you saying that these arrests of homosexuals and forced hormone treatment are like the commitment and medication of TB? The State Department is stupidly advocating something against public health? If so, then that’s the end of the conservation.

[BubbaTheRocketScientist]

If so, then that’s the end of the conservation.

I would define the end of conservatism as when "conservatives" think the State department has a legitimate mission to muck about in the internal affairs of other countries. That sort of Wilsonian foreign policy is directly responsible for the sad state of affairs today.

Libertarian at Home, Authoritarian Abroad? Is that the new party motto?

[chinche]

I would define the end of conservatism [sic] as when "conservatives" think the State department has a legitimate mission to muck about in the internal affairs of other countries. That sort of Wilsonian foreign policy is directly responsible for the sad state of affairs today.

Libertarian at Home, Authoritarian Abroad? Is that the new party motto?

I was speaking of the conversation, not conservatism. But now we have gone from defending the arrest and forced hormone treatment of oddly behaving men, to the equation of such things with the commitment and forced treatment of TB carriers, now to a Buchanan-like rant about Wilsonian foreign policy. You are all over the place. So let’s agree to retreat from Iraq, shall we?