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Indonesia does not have a sodomy law and does not currently criminalize private, non-commercial homosexual acts among consenting adults, except in Aceh province where homosexuality is illegal for Muslims under Islamic Sharia law, and punishable by flogging. [128]
The government of Saudi Arabia provides no legal protections for LGBT rights. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal within the country. [4]: 135–136 The law of Saudi Arabia is uncodified; a Wahhabist interpretation of sharia, derived from the Quran and the Sunnah, is the basis of the law and justice system.
Shariah law is not legislated by the federal Parliament, but instead by the State Legislative Assembly of each individual state in Malaysia (except the federal territories), as Islamic affairs falls under the autonomy of a state. Therefore, shariah laws are state laws and the offences contained within them may differs from state to state. [21]
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is routinely persecuted in Muslim-majority Malaysia, where they are seen as a threat to conservative values. ... Sharia is Islamic law.
Although the contemporary Egyptian law does not explicitly criminalize same-sex sexual acts, LGBT people can be charged under morality laws of Article 9 of the Law 10/1961 on the Combating of Prostitution punishes anyone who "habitually engages in debauchery or prostitution", or who offers, owns, or manages establishments for the purpose of ...
A Taliban spokesman told Reuters in 2021: "LGBT ... That's against our Sharia law". [36] A Taliban judge said that "For homosexuals, there can only be two punishments: either stoning, or he must stand behind a wall that will fall down on him". [37] [38] Pakistan. Hudood punishments for homosexuality include execution. However, the Hudood ...
According to Outright International, on May 7, Da'esh's media office issued a "photo report about the imposition of sharia punishment" on those suspected of belonging to the LGBTI community. The photographs included images of a boy pushed from the top of a building.
Sharia law carries heavy penalties for homosexuality from imprisonment for 2–10 years or for life, or of 100 lashes or stoning to death if the person is married. [13] The IRB noted that due to the proof-of-evidence requirements, convictions under Sharia Law are rare, but that the fear remained very high. [14]