Muslim groups oppose move to relax India's gay laws

Muslim organisations in India have said that making homosexuality legal in the country would be anti-Islamic.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2009 - 17:43

Muslim organisations in India have said that making homosexuality legal in the country would be anti-Islamic.

“Homosexuality is an offence under Sharia Law and haram (prohibited) in Islam,” deputy vice chancellor Abdul Khalik Madrasi from the Darul Uloom Deoband Maulana group said.

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