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That's the problem, I'm not sure such liberal principles are possible under religious fundamentalism.
They're not. Religious fundamentalism tends to be about the strict application of supposedly unchanging divine rules. That is inherently authoritarian and does not have human happiness and freedom as its core goals.
Why are most of them Muslim? Only one is ChristianWhat do you think about this phenomenon and its causes? Personally, I consider it to be an unacceptable, extreme form of homophobia, that derives directly from a theocratic form of government. Another reason I dislike religio-political ideologies.
Capital punishment for homosexuality - Wikipedia
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It gets even worse when we discuss extrajudicial killings.
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Just recently this is what the Houthis did:
Nine men sentenced to death for alleged sodomy by Houthi court
Nine men were sentenced to death by a Houthi court in Yemen in a mass trial over “dubious” charges of sodomy, says a human rights group.
Houthi rebels sentence 13 to death on homosexuality charges in Yemen
A Houthi-run court in Yemen has sentenced 13 people to executed, on charges relating to homosexuality, a judicial court confirmed this week.
>Most of them are MuslimWhat do you think about this phenomenon and its causes? Personally, I consider it to be an unacceptable, extreme form of homophobia, that derives directly from a theocratic form of government. Another reason I dislike religio-political ideologies.
Capital punishment for homosexuality - Wikipedia
This usually happens as a result of religion not being separated from the state, but something interesting to note is the role that past colonialization plays in a lot of the anti-lgbtq+ laws that we see in many countries today, especially in countries that currently or have in the past part took in the use of capital punishment against gay people. Homosexuality was considered normal in a lot of different countries around the world before colonization. European colonization is what led to the creation of many anti-homosexual laws that can still be seen in many parts of the world today, and by extension, a lot of the homophobia found in these countries.
The hostility towards homosexuality can also partly be attributed to how other societal issues, such as the patriarchy, impact how queer people in general are treated. For example, the gender roles heavily enforced in different parts of the world exist to keep men in power. Hence the whole men = dominant and woman = submissive sort of thing we see all over the place. Queer people exist outside of those norms, going against the status quo. Part of why gay men tend to get more severe punishments in a lot of countries where homosexuality is illegal, including capital punishment, could partly be because it is associated with more feminine men. Femininity is demonized and looked down upon, especially in men since it's seen as a sign of weakness. For men to keep the power they have in society they must be seen as powerful and domineering figures, something that feminine men go against. They need to follow a specific set of expectations to both seem powerful and to gain more power, especially over women.
While women get shamed for being masculine the punishment they receive for it is generally less severe since masculinity is seen as the default. Femininity, on the other hand, is seen as something that deviates more from the norm. Hence why, for example, most cis-het individuals have a hard time recognizing a lesbian accent but can easily recognize a gay accent.
As a result, when men act in any sort of way that is feminine it generally tends to be both more obvious and is shamed more.
This isn't to say that lesbians don't face a shit ton of issues though, because of course they still get punished and lesbians are also very oversexualized. This over-sexualization does make it so that homophobic men aren't as likely to be as hostile towards them in the same manner they are with gay men, but it does come with its own host of issues. Anyway, this is why you notice that a lot of countries that kill gay people or that have laws against homosexuality are also very deeply patriarchal societies.
Another interesting thing to note is also differences in how tops are viewed in comparison to bottoms. Tops generally tend to be seen in a better light then bottoms due to them being seen as the more masculine ones. This is a bit unrelated, but it's interesting to note because it ties into how sex, gender, and power all intertwine. Even within same-sex relationships we still see many people, especially cis-het people, viewing them from a very cis-het "man vs woman" sort of perspective, in which one member is the "man" of the relationship and the other is the "woman". The more masculine precieved person is the seen as the one who holds the power in the relationship, similar to how we view heterosexual relationships. To top is to be strong and dominant and to overpower someone, thus to be a top is to seen as more masculine and thus is better than the person who is the bottom. This can even be seen in some past societies, like in Ancient Greece, where men who were penetrative were seen as effeminate and would be referred to as "kinaidoi".
Unmanly men and the flexible meaning of kinaidos in Classical antiquity
Tom Sapsford discusses the "kinaidos": a type of person noted in ancient literature for his effeminacy and untoward sexual behaviour. Some scholars think he was perhaps an imaginary figure, but Sapsford looks into financial records, letters, and temples that complicate our understanding of this...blog.oup.com
I personally am completely against capital punishment being used on gay people, let alone anyone for that matter. Capital punishment should be illegal as a whole. I'm also very against discriminatory laws against queer people and just anti-lgbtq+ discrimination as a whole.
It fucking pisses me off when US and Western people come yapping to us about human rights. Maybe don't support the fascist dictatorships or arm fascist terror groups that executes people who support human rights in those countries? Say. Where are you from? I am from Qatar, originally Yemen. You?
Modern islam is far stricter than modern christianity. Being in a christian majority country is significantly better than being in a muslim majority country
Hold your horses.
