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Dødsstraff for homofili

Tre britiske muslimer er dømt til femgselstraffer for å ha distribuert løpesedler der det oppfordres til å henrette homofile. De tre er de første som dømmes etter en ny straffeparagraf om å spre hat på bakgrunn av seksuell orientering, som kom i 2010.

Det er canada.com som melder om rettssaken i Derby:

Three Muslim men were jailed in Britain on Friday for distributing leaflets calling for homosexuals to be executed.

Ihjaz Ali, Kabir Ahmed and Razwan Javed were the first to be convicted of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation, under laws that entered into force in 2010.

They gave out a pamphlet entitled The Death Penalty?, which quoted Islamic texts that said capital punishment was the only way to rid society of homosexuality.

Taxi driver Ali, 42, was jailed for two years. Ahmed and Javed, both aged 28, were imprisoned for 15 months each at Derby Crown Court.