Pakistan

Gay rights: JUI-S to protest ‘promotion of homosexuality’

Jamiat Ulema Islam (Samiul Haq) to hold rally in protest against the US Embassy “for its promotion of...

Express July 04, 2011

LAHORE:

Jamiat Ulema Islam (Samiul Haq) will hold a rally opposite the Lahore Press Club on Monday in protest against the United States Embassy “for its promotion of homosexuality”.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the JUI (S) condemned the gay pride ceremony held at the embassy on June 26.

It also asked the government to take action against the US embassy.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 4^th, 2011.

COMMENTS (33)

Tashika | 13 years ago | Reply Whenever the natural order of polarities is disturbed, disharmony follows... yin, yang; negative positive; etc. There is some wisdom in the condemnation of homosexuality by religions.

Beyond sad | 13 years ago | Reply It's completely ridiculous how those that are 'anti-gay' have no other argument than 'Because Allah said so'. So all you anti-gay people - do you do everything Allah has said? Do you follow the Quran EXACTLY as you're supposed to? I think all you hypocrites will be the ones standing in front of God, being admonished for comparing yourself to Him, by JUDGING others - which is NOT YOUR JOB. As is said over and over in the Quran, HE will be the judge. Not you. You concentrate on what you're doing with your life, and let others live how they want to. When judgement day comes, God will decide who is going to wherel. If a man/woman is a homosexual, but has done everything else in their lives to be a good Muslim, and YOU, people who have judged, and spread hate will be stood before Allah, I wonder who he'll pick to go to heaven and who will go to hell. All I can say is... good luck ;)

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Imran | 13 years ago | Reply @Zeeshan Mahmood: A complete moronic and stupid stand for the justification of corruption. Every act of human is supposed to be returned in the form of pain or pleasure. Some acts must be reacted right at the place where the act happens e.g. When you buy something from a shop, you are handed over the product you paid for. Similarly gayism is an act of evil-hood that must be responded rapidly with brutal force and complete disgrace towards to actors. The same ALLAH (who you claim has made gay a gay) ask his believers to eliminate/annihilate/terminate Gays from his land. And this will be done without any hesitation ...

saad | 13 years ago | Reply what and who prompted sam to do this? isnt he aware of the extremism here? if he was concerend about such rights then sam should av taken an initiative in india like 2 years back where gays etc were screaming to be heard, or back home in the land of the free where gay bashing is a sport! and all those who were out on the streets howcome never protested against ali saleem? didnt he/she shocked their senses? an out and out gay covered as a cross dresser philosophising (to get away and appear normal) how and when he feels like a man and when as a woman. would he/she been accepted sans saaree etc as a talk show host? according to him in a bbc interview he got complimented by the mullah kind and felt comfy in peshawar not forgetting being invited to ghq for tea!!! and can anyone investigate what goes on in madrassahs? is that some kind of brotherly love? when some incidents took place in an all boys school in peshawar (during musharaf's moderate pakistan), and were reported then ejaz ul haq (religious min) stated that such goings on should not be exposed!!! i dont remember any protests in nwfp then or any mullah or religious party condemning it. just like they never say anything against suicide bombing.

Salman | 13 years ago | Reply @umair afzal: yes u are right my friend, being gay is not a choice.. it is natural like str8s have.

sohaib | 13 years ago | Reply US embassy has no right to promote gay rights in Pakistan. Have all the US states allowed gay rights? Its still illegal to have gay relationship in most of US States. So who are they to promote these things and especially in muslim countries. Islam strictly prohibits same sex relationship. its not mullah doctrine but the doctrine of our religion.

Khalid | 13 years ago | Reply @mohammad sharjeel soomro: God has decisively spoken about this matter already ... There is no need of pathetic justification of Extreme Sins and Corruption ... Your best effort will be defeated with the least from the knights of God ...

Zeeshan Mahmood | 13 years ago | Reply @bulbul: You are totally wrong. If Allah did not create gays then who created? You must not condemn gays only... Every human being needs strict condemnation as SEX must be prohibited for everyone even after marriage. Ask these questions: Why Allah created SEX? Why did he stated it HARAM before marriage and HALAL after marriage? He had many options to promote the human progeny, why He selected SEX as a source of reproduction for human beings? Why did he set SEXUAL INSTINCTS in human being so that they become barbarians in quelling their desires and start raping innocents...Actually, faults lie above the sky, in the Creator. He created this whole mess.... Why do people confuse gayism with sexual freakness. If a man feels something special for another man and wants to live with him, its milder form of GAYISM... Doing sex and having sexual relations is not the only definition of it... Being GAY is choice and natural both. But, why such a prohibition on a natural instinct. Why handful of GAYS are threat to ISLAM. How GAYS can torn the fabric of MUSLIM SOCIETY where every other person is danger to the integrity and peace of the whole social circle because of their intolerance, injustice, corruption, violence and extremism... ask ALLAH who created you. Don't fight with people... Why he created wrong more appealing and right more difficult and tedious. Every human being is not of equal spiritual capabilities... So, he has non-linear system of justice. Only people on Earth, custodians of religion, shorten this world for other human beings. He is Almighty and will forgives GAYs but not terrorist mindless yahoos, who are taking lives of thousands of innocent citizens in the name of ISLAM...

Ammar Siddiqui | 13 years ago | Reply This is Pakistani Soil, and US Embassy has no right to promote such activities.

Shamy | 13 years ago | Reply JUI...wats ur problem ? mind your own business..US is not ur country anyways...

bulbul | 13 years ago | Reply ** Allah has not created gays! Being gay or straight is the way one "chooses" to feel about themselves. Any one can chose a different way, its an open choice. Same is the case with religion. Allah has given humans brains and the sources to figure whats right and wrong (Quran) The rest is up to humans they can do whatever the hell they want. Being homosexual is strictly prohibited in Islam so that's someone one CAN do BUT will be punished for it. **

Jehangir Masud | 13 years ago | Reply Is this the JUI- Sandwich, as in Maulana Sandwich?

Nadeem Ahmed | 13 years ago | Reply Homosexuality is the only entertainment for most of the Mullhas. They should feel happy that USA is working in their favour.

Roflcopter | 13 years ago | Reply I support JUI in this case.

Mohammed Abbasi | 13 years ago | Reply Maybe the US Embassy should have celebrated International Mullah Day and invited dancing molvis that would have been better four the JUI?

Sid | 13 years ago | Reply What if ; where it is already in practice in this (Pakistan) it is happening sodomy and male sexual assault all r in news often in daily newspapers. First clean your trash then advise others to what to do and what not to do dear molvies (in fact you like this much then any male) pardon:(

Fortune Cookie | 13 years ago | Reply Is it OK if some mullahs are allowed to rape children ???? If not then why have some of them not being prosecuted?????

umair afzal | 13 years ago | Reply Being gay is not a choice.It is a fact of nature.Just like straight people are born that way so gay people are also born that way.you people think that anyone would actually 'choose' to become gay in pakistani society???

Ali | 13 years ago | Reply The US embassy is US ground so they can dso what they want on it. These mullahs should find something usefull to do like, letm se now, ehm, WORK!!!

Zeeshan Mahmood | 13 years ago | Reply Most of these maoulvis and members of such Islamic student organizations are homosexual... Sodomy is a norm rather than exception for them... They just need an issue to protest against the US... They will never come on roads to protest against loadshedding which is silent killer for the whole nation.... hats off to you, Ulema Hazrat.... Don't you people find any other interesting thing to be in the spotlight...

yousuf amjad | 13 years ago | Reply @Shaan: gay rights are a fundamental human right.gays have as much right to live their lives according to how they wish as the straight people do,if the straight people are allowed to get married then why aren't gay marriages allowed in pakistan? it's time our government stopped its discrimination against the gay community and gavea them equal rights as the straight people.

Furqan | 13 years ago | Reply @asad naeem: No one is scared of gay Communities, it is Strictly Haraam in Islam thats why we are against it, and apart from islam it is also a relationship against the nature of what ALLAH has created.

mohammad sharjeel soomro | 13 years ago | Reply why does our society feel so threatened by the gays?? how insecure are our people that they hide behind religion to condemn homosexuality.Why are the mullahs going mad over homosexuality.being gay is just as normal as being straight.stop trying to use religion to impose your regressive values onto everyone. gays are born gays just as straight people are born straight.to those religious extremists who think that homosexuality is a disease,well since childhood i've felt that heterosexuality was a disease.but i don't go out condemning straight people,i accept their right to live their lives with people of the opposite gender,i have many straight friends. so why don't you people accept our right to live as we want to live.

Shaan | 13 years ago | Reply Makes it easier for potential asylum seekers looking to relocate to the US.

PostMan | 13 years ago | Reply Ordinary Pakistani is stuck between two loonies - US and Clergy.

asad naeem | 13 years ago | Reply the level of religion inspired homophobia in our society is sickening. i have seen supposedly well educated english speaking people utter sentences that suit the nazis. why are radical muslims so scared of the gay community? what is it that they are afraid of ? is the lesbians' not needing a man anymore scare our insecure men? why do we have to violently reject that which is different to us?

Sad Panda | 13 years ago | Reply I like to see JUI-S holding a protest march against use of teenage suicide bombers by the taliban.

babar farooqui | 13 years ago | Reply excellent step by the us embassy.When the local govt. and society discriminates so horrifaclly against the gays ,it is heartwarming to see that the americans are standing up for basic human rights.These bloodthirsty maulvis thrive on hate and violence,these savages want to take us back to the dark ages.Gays and lesbians have as much right to live in pakistan as the islamic extremists do.These maulvis should take their extremist homophobia elsewhere.

adeel amjad | 13 years ago | Reply the islamic fascists should find a better use of their time.their homophobic rants belong in the times of the dinosaurs.homosexuality is as normal as heterosexuality and the islamic fanatics should find a cure for their violent homophobia.Allah has created all people,some he has created gays others he has made straight.The straights should not look to forcefully impose their lifestyles on the gay community.

Sarah | 13 years ago | Reply Lets not forget that the compound of embassies of different nations are practically considered territory of that guest nation and NOT the host country. They are free to do whatever the good grace they want.

sars | 13 years ago | Reply thats what these guys do , run around foaming at the mouth on non issues and sweep important concerns under the carpet.Useless wastes of time and space.

RizwanTKhan | 13 years ago | Reply Cant do you people anything constructive?

faraz | 13 years ago | Reply Do these embassy guys realize that they are in Pakistan; talking of gay rights in a country where one can get killed over minor sectarian differences is pure lunacy

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