Category Archives: Homophobia

By now it is becoming increasingly well known that the East London Mosque made a promise that it would not be allowing homophobic preachers into their premises. But it didn’t take long for news to break out of a meeting involving Yusuf Patel from a campaign group called SREIslam, a Christian group called SPUC (“Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child”) with Dilowar Khan, the Director of the ELM and the London Muslim Centre. All three groups are now partnered in a campaign against sex education in schools and with an emphasis on homosexuality.

The East London’s Mosque laughable defence to accusations of this partnership includes this citation to an article on The Spittoon:

In order to do so, Mr Gilligan incorrectly said that the leaders of SREIslamic – one of the groups invited to speak – were also members of an extremist group, Hizb ut-Tahrir. They have very publicly left that group, as has been noted by the very sources which often supply Mr Gilligan with his “news”.

This is a press release by Homintern

• LGBT, Feminist, Humanist and Muslim activists express their support for the East London Mosque’s significant statement promising to prevent its premises from being used as a platform for homophobic speakers.
• The Mosque’s statement is an important step in building trust and goodwill in the local community.
• We urge the Mosque to publicise its commitment through the local, Asian and religious media.
• We celebrate diversity in the community and stand united with our neighbours against anti-Muslim bigotry and homophobia.

In the Open Letter sent out 7 June regarding the Gay Free Zone case (Anti-Gay Hate Crime Up 21% in Tower Hamlets:UK Gay and Feminist Activists, Writers and Publishers Demand Investigation into Leaders of “Gay-Free Zone” Campaign; Call on East London Mosque to Stop Providing Platform for Anti-Gay Hate, link here), a number of gay and feminist activists closed by saying:

When a campaign of professionally produced homophobic posters appeared in Whitechapel, the LGBT community were right to be angry. The posters showed a rainbow flag crossed out by a black diagonal with the slogan “gay free zone” and a couple of Qur’anic quotes:

Homophobia justified by the EMQ

“Arise and warn [EMQ 74:2]”
“And Fear Allah. Verily Allah is severe in punishment [EMQ 59:7]“

Johann Hari has written a piece calling for zero-tolerance on the question of Muslim homophobia. Thankfully, he has voiced his opinion without paying deference to the thinking which demands acceptance of the notion that Muslims ought to be allowed to practice homophobia because that happens to be one of their religious norms. So kudos to Johann for avoiding that particular kind of racism which cannot be said of so many of the liberal Left:

This is a cross-post by Alex from SturdyBlog

I was watching Question Time this evening and I had a revelation. I love Melanie Philips.

A controversial, some may say scandalous position, I grant you, but hear me out. What is the real danger that columnists like her present?

Is it their palaeolithic views? Nope. I defend to the death their right to hold them and express them – that is the way of a free society that they so abhor. Is it that they are given a forum to address others who are as impenetrably backward? Again nope. I like a Daily Mail reader. They are easy to spot, easy to upset – one knows exactly where one stands with them. Is it that they think all gay folk are involved in some perpetual, promiscuous, sleazy, sexual merry-go-round (and no straight folk are). They are entitled to their envy, aren’t they? Is it that they start sentences with “Part of the problem of being a liberal society, especially one obsessed with human rights” as if they are about to reveal the tip of an iceberg towards which we all are heading – like some homosexual, environmentally conscious, welfare-funded Titanic? Not in a country where political debate is encouraged. They are perpetually just a few seconds away from looking stupid.

This is a cross-post of an article by habibi from Harry’s Place

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You have seen Abdul Karim “Spot The Fag” Hattin in action in this post. Alas he is not unusual. Let’s take a look at what some of the other preachers who have been welcomed in recent years at the East London Mosque and its London Muslim Centre have to say about gays.

As reported in this documentary, Khalid Yasin is an extremist, a 9/11 troofer and a fraudster. This is what he makes of homosexuality:

There’s no such thing as a Muslim having a non-Muslim friend. If you prefer the clothing of the kafirs over the clothing of the Muslims, most of those names that’s on most of those clothings is faggots, homosexuals and lesbians. [opening of the documentary]

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