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19 April 2013
Canada: Imam who compared homosexuality with cancer said comments were taken out of context 37 An imam who was recorded giving a speech to school children at a publicly-funded private school in Canada, during which he said homosexuality was a "special case" like cancer, AIDS and diabetes, has said his comments were taken out of context.
1 April 2013
US: Muslim caller tells TV host gay Americans should be beheaded 62 The host of a phone-in programme in New York was left stunned after a caller suggested gay Americans should be beheaded in accordance with Sharia law.
21 March 2013
US: San Francisco bus ads featuring extreme anti-gay quotes get go ahead 70 A series of adverts containing strong anti-gay messages are set to appear on buses in the US city of San Francisco later this month.
18 March 2013
Anti-gay Islamic preacher Khalid Yasin prevented from attending University of East London event 81 An Islamic preacher who endorses the execution of gay people has been prevented from attending an event at the University of East London (UEL) after it was cancelled.
6 March 2013
Uzbekistan: Wikileaks cable reveals president claimed Western democracy promotes homosexuality 6 The Uzbek President Islam Karimov said he felt democracy was unsuitable for his country because it promotes homosexuality, according to a Wikileaks document.
4 March 2013
Peter Tatchell claims Reading University colludes with far-right extremist Muslim Society 24 Peter Tatchell writes about last week’s decision of Reading University's Student Union to cancel an event where the anti-gay Islamic preacher Abu Usamah at-Thahabi was due to attend.
27 February 2013
Reading University cancels anti-gay Islamic preacher visit amid violent protest fears 76 Homophobic cleric Abu Usamah at-Thahabi will no longer be visiting the University of Reading tomorrow after the event he was due to attend was cancelled because of fears of violent protests.
26 February 2013
Manchester University society shut down after anti-gay Muslim video expose 33 A society at the University of Manchester has closed after a student secretly filmed an extremist Muslim saying gay people should be killed – with a complaint then received by police.
26 February 2013
UK: Gay hate Islamic preacher to visit Reading University 65 An Islamic cleric, who has called for gay people to be punished with death, is due to visit Reading University on Thursday.
18 February 2013
Labour MP Sadiq Khan receives death threats for supporting same-sex marriage 35 Britain's most senior Muslim MP has received death threats from some hardline Islamic extremists after voting in favour of equal marriage, earlier this month.
18 February 2013
Turkey: Children fostered by European gay couples will be retrieved 34 The Turkish Human Rights Commission has said that Turkish children fostered by gay European couples should be returned to their families or given to Turkish couples instead.
11 February 2013
UK: Muslim TV stations criticised by Ofcom for airing hate speech 39 Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, has criticised several Muslim community stations after they allowed Islamic extremists to issue hate speech – in one case – calling for the murder and torture of gay people.
22 January 2013
Video: East London man suffers anti-gay abuse from ‘Muslim Patrol’ gang 254 Video has surfaced of a group shouting homophobic abuse at a man in East London.
15 January 2013
Indonesia: Lesbian couple forced to flee after pretending to be straight in order to get married + Despite equal marriage being illegal in Indonesia, a lesbian couple managed to obtain a marriage license by pretending that one of them was male.
4 January 2013
UK: Preacher who promotes anti-gay hatred offers student retreats for £120 62 A homophobic Islamic preacher, who describes being gay as a “criminal act” and “evil,” is offering students the chance to go on a retreat with him.
2 January 2013
Pakistan: Uproar over homoerotic paintings of Muslim clerics 14 An artist and college in Pakistan may be charged with blasphemy for publishing a series of religious paintings with strong homoerotic overtones.
27 November 2012
Malaysia: Islamic political party members to protest against Elton John concert 9 Members of a Malaysian Islamic political party are set to protest against the appearance of Elton John in the country's capital on Saturday evening.
21 November 2012
France: ‘Mosque for gays’ with mixed prayer groups to be opened in Paris 37 A mosque aimed specifically at gay people, and which would provide mixed gender prayer groups, is set to open in Paris at the end of November.
26 September 2012
UK: Muslim anti-gay cleric Abu Hamza launches new appeal 49 Abu Hamza has launched a last minute High Court appeal to avoid extradition to the US on terror charges.
25 September 2012
UK: Muslim anti-gay cleric Abu Hamza’s US extradition approved 38 Abu Hamza had previously said AIDS had been sent as a curse on gay people and he also claimed that transgender people were cursed too.

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