Muslim Cleric – Gay Sex ‘Disgusts Allah’ and ‘Causes Earthquakes’

A Muslim cleric in Ghana has defended rising attacks on homosexuals in the capital after claiming gay sex ‘disgusts Allah’ and ’causes earthquakes’. Mallam Abass Mahmud made these comments amid heightened hostility among Zongo communities in Kumasi and the capital Accra towards people in same-sex relationships.
Speaking in an interview, Mallam Abass Mahmud, said “Allah gets annoyed when males engage in such sexual encounters and such disgusting encounter causes earthquake”.
According to him the destruction of the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by Allah was as the result of homosexuality and he called for a holy war against gays and lesbians in the country, particularly in Muslim-dominated suburbs.
“Should we allow such a shame to continue in our communities against our holy teachings?” he asked. He answered that “certainly no,and we are very happy to chase away such idiots from our Zongo communities”.
Many gays who live in the area including Yakubu Ahmed, Mallanfa Salifu Ibrahim and Mohammed Rabbah Abdullah, who were afraid to disclose their sexual preferences for fear of attacks, have since left their known places of abodes with their current whereabouts unknown.
Youth of such Muslim communities are known to have inaugurated special task force to fight what they commonly describe as the importation of the “whiteman’s culture”.
Homosexuality is illegal in 34 of Africa’s 56 states, according to the International Gay and Lesbian Association.