Iraqis execute six gay men between March 26 and April 4, 2009.An Iraqi defense ministry official reports that at least six gay men have been shot dead in two separate incidents during the past 10 days in a Shia-controlled part of Baghdad. The official said today that three bullet-riddled bodies of gay individuals have been identified in Sadr City.
Two of the bodies, found on Thursday, had pieces of paper attached on which was written the word ‘Pervert.’ The third body was retrieved on Friday, April 3rd. Other dead bodies had the word “puppies” written on their chests. Puppy is a derogatory word used by residents in Sadr City to refer to gays. Witnesses told CNN that a Sadr City cafe, which was a popular gathering spot for gays, was also set on fire.
Of course, Iraq is not Iran, but is it possible for a tolerant Islamic state to exist? If the Iraqi government condones or actively carries out homicides like this, there can be no pretense about “democracy.”
I know the story doesn’t say it - but I’ll be willing to bet that the murderers were acting in Allah’s name. The practice known as “honor killings” were also legalized in the early 1990s, and thus a gay Iraqi could face being executed by their own kin for bringing dishonor to their family legally.
The only two countries in the region that actively tolerate homosexuality are Israel and Turkey ... and Israel is the only one that allows for civil unions.
Gays being slaughtered in Iraq because they’re gay, women legally raped in Afghanistan because they’re women. Explain to me again why my tax dollars and the blood of our troops are going to these countries?
George Carlin said once; “If we are willing to continue to let sadistic, stupid and selfish people run the affairs of nations and religions, then we shouldn’t at all be surprised at the results. Until we ourselves change the situation of our world it will only continue to spiral downward at the hands of chaos loving politicians and religious zealots. I have to get more popcorn.”
It is very sad that the precious life of 6 men was taken but let this be a reminder to all people that Allah made men and women sexual pleasures for reproduction purposes only.
Sharia law has nothing to do with Democracy. This killing is strictly a cultural thing. Maliky, Bush or Obama can do nothing about it.
The dishonoring killing is not limited to one sect, religion, or a group in Iraq ... it is their society’s order.
Nothing the United States does will ever change the minds of the bloody-minded mullahs.
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