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In article <t2utda$3smfh$
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bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote:
The whole USA's gonna be after Democrats in November 2022.
Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq's most influential Shia cleric, has
triggered fears of further assaults on lesbian, gay, transgender
and queer (LGBTQ) communities after wrongly linking the
monkeypox virus to homosexuality.
In a statement published on his verified Twitter account on 23
May, Sadr suggested monkeypox was a result of homosexual
behaviour, as some of the early cases detected in the latest
global wave were among gay men.
"I call on them [homosexuals] to repent," he wrote, then went on
to call for repealing laws upholding gay rights in order to
"protect humanity from the monkeypox epidemic or what we call
homosexual-pox".
He also proposed designating a day every year to express
opposition to homosexuality.
Sadr has millions of supporters in Iraq and controls the largest
bloc in the recently elected parliament.
Homosexuality is illegal in Iraq, and being publicly queer is
not socially accepted, which constantly puts the community at
risk of threats and abuse.
As it should!
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-muqtada-sadr-monkeypox- lgbtq-fear-attacks
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