Iraq Has Banned the Word ‘Homosexuality’ From Its Media
In recent years, religious leaders have repeatedly called on their followers to “combat” what they perceive to be a Western influence that has infiltrated Iraqi society.
While Iraq doesn’t explicitly ban homosexuality, the reality for the LGBTQ community is grim. LGBTQ Iraqis face regular violence, abductions, torture, and sexual assault by armed groups, and even the police. LGBTQ people have also been killed in the name of “honour killings” by family members.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkazdm/i...ity-gender
In recent years, religious leaders have repeatedly called on their followers to “combat” what they perceive to be a Western influence that has infiltrated Iraqi society.
While Iraq doesn’t explicitly ban homosexuality, the reality for the LGBTQ community is grim. LGBTQ Iraqis face regular violence, abductions, torture, and sexual assault by armed groups, and even the police. LGBTQ people have also been killed in the name of “honour killings” by family members.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkazdm/i...ity-gender
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"