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| Saudi Arabia rubbishes calls for gay rights |
| 2015-06-25 |
| [ARABNEWS] There would be no rights granted to gay people in the Kingdom, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. In a post on its Twitter account, the ministry stated that it supports human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... principles proposed by international bodies as long as they are in line with Islamic law. It also slammed those questioning the Kingdom's rights record. It said that freedom of expression does not mean demeaning the beliefs of Moslems; and condemned those who continue to ridicule the Prophet, peace be upon him. The ministry said it rejected terrorism and urged united international action to tackle all forms of extremism because these ideas violate the teachings of the world's religions. There has recently been intense debate on Twitter about gay rights in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... . One blogger said "all religions reject this perversion which is why God created man and woman." On Monday in Geneva at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council, Faisal bin Hasan Trad, the Kingdom's permanent representative to the UN, said Saudi Arabia would not tolerate criticism of its human rights record, and that it rejected a proposal to grant rights to gays. |
| Posted by:Fred |