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Taliban announces they’ll institute sharia law as LGBTQ people try to escape Afghanistan
“We will not discuss what type of political system should we apply in Afghanistan because it is clear. It is sharia law and that is it.”
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Nicki Minaj cancels appearance at Saudi music festival. But why was she going to perform at all?
It’s hard to go from playing World Pride to performing in a country where multiple gay men have been beheaded this year.
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Omar Sharif Jr. challenges Sultan of Brunei to execute his son if gays should be stoned to death
Sharif is the second celebrity to out the young royal who’s father has instituted a law that would “punish” homosexuality with the death penalty – the barbaric practice of stoning.
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Shariah court sentences gay lovers to public caning
One of the men wept as his sentence was read out and pleaded for leniency.
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Beverly Hills condemns Brunei over new penal code; hotel boycott grows
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Beverly Hills officials have condemned Brunei’s strict new Islamic criminal laws and want its government to separate itself from the Beverly Hills Hotel.
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Brunei embraces strict Islamic laws, calls for death by stoning for sodomy
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei — Brunei on Thursday embraced a form of Islamic Shariah criminal law that includes harsh penalties, a move slammed by international rights group as a step backward for human rights.