T R O P Excel Themselves This Time.......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65560062

[andy-hughes]

The law is made by the government, what has that to do with Islam?

[ToraToraTora]

Clearly the government has Islamic sympathies to have such laws.

[bednobs]

in all honesty, many christians seem to have an anti-gay agenda too. Although nigeria is a muslim country, it's only marginally so - there are nearly as many christians.

[andy-hughes]

That's shoehorning of the highest order T!!

[ToraToraTora]

If laws exist where gays are so terrified of being exposed they can be kidnapped and black mailed, I'd say that's pretty clearly Islamic sympathy territory.

[bednobs]

dont forget that until just over 50 years ago, the same could hve been said in the uk, a christian county

[andy-hughes]

The population may be independently homophobic, the Uk is.

[jackthehat]

It is a feature across africa and not just amongst the primarily islamic nations:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Africa

[237SJ]

It's cultural (same sort of thing in Jamaica)

[New Judge]

//dont forget that until just over 50 years ago, the same could hve been said in the uk, a christian county//

I don't recall too many gay people being kidnapped because of their sexuality, Bednobs.

Anyway, the best thing for people to do in such countries is to keep their religious beliefs and their sexual preferences to themselves. That way they can't be persecuted for them.

[andy-hughes]

That's how bigotry and repression thrive NJ.

If everyone kept quiet because other people disapproved of their lifestyle, women would not have the vote.

[Old_Geezer]

Yeah,what about those women, eh? Doncha just hate their lifestyle ?
;-)

[New Judge]

//That's how bigotry and repression thrive NJ.//

It is indeed, Andy. But if you're in a country where it's causing you problems, pragmatically that is the best option.

[Gromit]

Nigeria is a country split by a largely muslim North, and a largely Christian south.
What unites the country is that it is that it is very very conservative (with a small ‘c’ ).

So this situation isn’t really muslim attitudes but both muslim and christians uniting against a common enemy, homosexuals.