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London Loses Pride But Keeps Homophobic Hate Conference |
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Written by Instinct Staff |
Friday, 06 July 2012
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| Tags: london, world pride, hate speech, conference, homophobic, extremists, month of mercy, protest, international, anti-gay, religion |
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Revelers left looking to congregate for a good gay cause in London this weekend after the collapse of the official Pride celebrations might find just that in the form of a protest outside a conference featuring speeches by some of the world's most homophobic men.
From PinkNews:
On the 8 July 2012, London will host a conference entitled “The Month of Mercy” featuring several extreme jihadist hate preachers, some of which have previously used hate speech against gays and in some cases called for applying the death penalty for this “sin."
Many of the speakers belong to extreme Salafi and Wahabbi sects and are known to have used extreme and virulent hate language against homosexuality. For example, Haitham Al-Haddad will also speak at the event, as well Wasim Kempson and Saad Al-Qaadi, who serve as imams at Al-Muntada and preach crude misogyny and homophobia.
Other speakers who have been invited to speak at the conference have previously condemned homosexuality.
The event has had to relocate, however, due to a successful protest by human rights bloggers. Unlike the devastated World Pride events that were cancelled in London this weekend, the "Month of Mercy" event will continue on in a yet to be announced location.
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