Documentary: Violence Against Gays Preached in Mosques

Channel 4 will transmit controversial program this evening that claims anti-Semitism and homophobia are being preached at a leading British mosque.

Dispatches documentary Undercover Mosque: The Return, “goes undercover again to see whether extremist beliefs continue to be promoted in certain key British Muslim institutions,” the channel said in a press statement.

The film also investigates the role of the Saudi Arabian religious establishment in spreading fundamentalist Islamic ideology in the UK.

“A female reporter attends prayer meetings at an important British mosque which claims to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with other faiths.” said Channel 4.

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Gay Asylum to be Hot Topic at Lib Dem Conference

Rights for LGBT asylum seekers will be one of the primary focuses at the Lib Dem conference to be held in Bournemouth in September.

The DELGA, the Lib Dem gay group, is calling for equal rights for the LGBT community.

It put forward the motion to discuss the state of LGBT asylum seekers facing deportation from the UK.

They plan to argue the idea that LGBT asylum seekers can be deported on the grounds they act on their sexuality “discreetly” at home is “an inappropriate message for a the British government to send in the 21st century.”

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So Here’s Not To You Mrs. Robinson

Iris Robinson has walked into her biggest controversy yet after stating in the UK Parliament that homosexuality is “viler” than child sex abuse, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal today.

The First Minister’s wife made the controversial comments in the House of Commons in front of Policing and Justice Minister Paul Goggins and a committee of UK MPs during a debate on the assessment and management of sex offenders. Speaking about community concerns over sex offenders Mrs. Robinson then stated: “There can be no viler act, apart from homosexuality and sodomy, than sexually abusing innocent children.” Her comments have not been omitted from a written transcript of the debate which has been published on the Parliament website. When contacted by the Belfast Telegraph Mrs Robinson said she stood by her views and stated that homosexuality was “comparable” to child sex abuse.

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Gay Iranian Wins Asylum

A 19 year old gay Iranian was granted asylum in the UK because he feared being put to death if forced to return to the country of his birth.
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