{"id":440595,"date":"2011-06-14T04:23:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T04:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/14\/clerics-seek-harsher-laws-for-gays\/"},"modified":"2011-06-14T04:23:40","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T04:23:40","slug":"clerics-seek-harsher-laws-for-gays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/14\/clerics-seek-harsher-laws-for-gays\/","title":{"rendered":"Clerics Seek Harsher Laws for Gays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48.905027933\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/nation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Galgalo Bocha<\/p>\n<p>13 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 A section of Muslim clerics on Monday called on the government to allow them apply Shariah laws to deal with rising cases of homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>If allowed, Shariah laws would enable the clerics to punish offenders as stipulated by the Quran, said Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya organising secretary Sheikh Mohammed Khalifa.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Khalifa also urged Christians and Muslims to shun religious leaders who abetted homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are asking Kenyans to shun businesses owned by such people and further show them open discrimination as a way of stopping the beastly act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They grossly abuse rights of others and should not be accepted among the society,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said a madrassa teacher from Pakistan at Mlango wa Papa mosque recently charged with sexually abusing boys had been banned from leading any religious functions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Death is the only punishment prescribed by Islam for such people as done in China and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We urge our government to consider allowing us to use such methods to deal with the dehumanising acts,&#8221; Sheikh Khalifa told reporters on the sidelines of an anti-homosexuality workshop.<\/p>\n<p>He said if the government was not ready to allow them use Shariah to deal with culprits, then it should consider introducing death and life sentences for the offenders.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop attended by more than 150 madrassa teachers at Madrasatul Munawarra Al-Islamiyya in Majengo estate, Mombasa, was called to address rising cases of boys being sexually abused in Coast Province.<\/p>\n<p>The clerics are also demanding a crackdown on institutions that spearhead the rights of gays and lesbians in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Several speakers urged madrassa teachers to uphold integrity and exercise high moral values as expected of them by the society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A true madrassa teacher is one who respects his status and upholds the human rights of his students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impart knowledge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are key people expected to impart decency and knowledge and not ones who abuse their authority,&#8221; Sheikh Mohammed Aboud told the participants.<\/p>\n<p>Kisauni Islamic College principal Sheikh Majid Obeid blamed the drought in the country on illicit activities by some Kenyans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The rising cost of living and drought are due to the behaviour of these Kenyans who are not ready to change,&#8221; said Sheikh Obeid.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106140030.html\" title=\"Clerics Seek Harsher Laws for Gays\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clerics Seek Harsher Laws for Gays<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Galgalo Bocha 13 June 2011 Nairobi \u2014 A section of Muslim clerics on Monday called on the government to allow them apply Shariah laws to deal with rising cases of homosexuality. 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