Parliament intends legislating a law to ban homosexuality in Iraq

BAGHDAD-INA

Parliamentary Legal Committee announced Friday that there is a parliamentary movement to legislate a law prohibiting homosexuality in Iraq.

 A member of the committee, Representative Aref Al-Hamami, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "It was agreed within the parliament to collect signatures after returning to session to legislate a law prohibiting homosexuality in Iraq."

 He added that "legislation of such a law will be reinforced by legal provisions that prevent homosexuality and the perversions associated with it."

The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, had earlier proposed that there be a special day against homosexuality .

 Al-Sadr said in a tweet, which was followed by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), "It is right to say about (homosexuals), for God Almighty is giving and not neglecting, so I call them to repentance first."

 Al-Sadr called on “all those who enacted the gay law to immediately retract this unjust criminal decision for two reasons:

 First: Warding off affliction and epidemic: (monkeypox), or what you call (gaypox) for all of humanity.

 The second: Forgiveness of their sins.

 Mr. Al-Sadr suggested that "there should be a special day against homosexuals and their reprehensible obscenity on earth and in heaven".