Many in the West would agree with Khamenei that homosexuality is immoral. Iran, however, goes farther. As the global center of Shia Islam, Iran prescribes the death penalty for homosexuality as per Islamic law. Meanwhile, the West has advanced to being tolerant to a fault. Instead of condemning the human rights abuses of barbaric cultures and focusing on the victims rather than on political correctness, the West makes unnecessary apologies for its advances. The West needs to stand up and celebrate the freedom of speech, free will, religious freedom, human rights and equality for all, but instead the West is moving backwards, accepting the claim that any criticism of Sharia is “Islamophobic.“
Iran, Pakistan and other Sharia-adherent countries persecute and kill homosexuals, abuse women as inferiors, and treat infidels as objects who need to be killed, or subjugated and converted.
It is true that many religions view homosexuality as a form of moral deprivation, along with a range of other sins, but Western civilization respects free will and does not support murder as punishment for homosexual activity.
Yet rather than lead with confidence in its evolution, Western countries allow themselves to be duped, beaten down by the “Islamophobia” subterfuge.
“Iran’s Khamenei Says Homosexuality Example of West’s Immorality,” Reuters, March 1, 2022:
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei described homosexuality as part of the “moral deprivation” widespread in Western civilisation, during a televised speech on Tuesday.
“There is severe moral deprivation in the world today such as homosexuality and things that one cannot bring oneself to even talk about. Some have rightly called Western civilisation a new age of ignorance,” Khamenei said.
Western rights groups have often criticised Iran, where homosexual acts among men can be punished by the death penalty.
Tehran has dismissed the criticism as baseless and due to a lack of understanding of its Islamic laws.
“The same moral vices of the age of ignorance (in pre-Islamic Arabia) exist today in the so-called civilised Western world in an organised and more widespread way….
Rafael says
Ibn Taymiyyah reported: Umar ibn Al-Khattab said, “Verily, the foundations of islam will undone one by one if there arises in islam people who have never known ignorance.”
Source: Majmu’ Al-Fatawa
gravenimage says
Ayatollah Khamenei: Homosexuality is part of the ‘moral deprivation’ of Western civilization
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Homosexuality is evil, but murdering gay people is praiseworthy. And molesting little boys and same sex rape in order to humiliate is fine–really, the only real problem Islam has is with consensual same sex relationships. *Ugh*.
James Lincoln says
gravenimage says,
“…the only real problem Islam has is with consensual same sex relationships.”
100% true, and they are also not big fans of monogamy.
gravenimage says
+1
OLD GUY says
While not a fan of homosexuality throwing them off of tall buildings or stoning people isn’t the answer.
What you do in the PRIVACY of your own bedroom with consensual ADULT’s is your private business.
Now if Islam wants to point fingers they should address their own nasty sexual deprivation, the rape of young and I mean YOUNG boys and girls. .
I’d include the rape and beating of women, but women don’t count in their society.