مالاوي: المسلمون يرفضون عمل استفتاء على حظر الشذوذ

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أعرَب المسلمون في "مالاوي" عن رفضهم التام لعمل استفتاء حول حظر الشذوذ وتجريمه أو السماح به، وذلك بناءً على أن الاستفتاء على المُحرَّمات يناقض القدسية الدينية، ويخالف الشريعة الإسلامية التي تحظر رفع الحظر عن أي محرم ديني.

وقد أشار الشيخ "إدريس محمد" - رئيس جمعية المسلمين في "مالاوي" - إلى أن الاستفتاء يعني مراعاة آراء الأفراد حول المعصية، وهو ما قد يسهم في رَواجها، وأن المشاركة في ذلك تعد خضوعًا للأفراد الذين يمارسون تلك الرذيلة التي حرمها الله تعالى؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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As debate on whether to decriminalize homosexuality or not rages on in Malawi, the Muslim community in the Southern African nation is against proposals to hold a national referendum to decide on the matter, describing the move as a threat to the “sanctity of religion”.

“This proposal is a threat for the sanctity of religion. We can’t therefore support any move which is there to undermine our religious values and uplift anything which is forbidden before God. We reject this proposal in totality,” Sheikh Idrissa Muhammad, Chairperson of Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) told OnIslam.net.

Recently, the country’s two influential umbrella organizations for Christian Churches, Malawi Council of Churches (MCC) and the Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) proposed a referendum to enable the majority of Malawians to decide on whether to legalize homosexuality or not.

This development followed a move taken by some human rights organizations to seek the intervention of the courts on the same. However, the court ruled against them.

Homosexuality is illegal and criminalized under sections 153 and 156 of the penal code [laws of Malawi].

“By holding a referendum on this matter, it means we are respecting the views of people who are in sin. As believers, we shouldn’t create a room for sin to flourish.

“As Muslims we will not be part to any machinations to hold a referendum on this issue. And in the event that the referendum has been held, we will mobilize all Muslims in this country to shun it,” Sheikh Muhammad said.

“Both Islam and Christianity are very straight forward on homosexuality and homosexuals. Therefore, by calling for a referendum, we are bowing down to pressure from people on an issue which is sin before God. Therefore, we can’t be part to this.”

Islam is the second largest religion in Malawi after Christianity. It accounts for 36% of the country’s now 16million population.

In recent years, the donor community, alongside activists for human rights both local and international have been exerting pressure on the Malawi government to decriminalize homosexuality.

In 2010, the country’s first gay couple got arrested and subsequently jailed. But a presidential pardon following an intervention from the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki moon saved the couple from serving the prison sentence.