VIDEO: TATCHELL URGES LGBT COMMUNITY TO STAND WITH MUSLIMS RESISTING SHARIA LAW

At Saturday’s protest against Sharia Law, Peter Tatchell urged members of the UK gay community to stand shoulder to shoulder with Muslim people around the world who are resisting Sharia law.

Talking to HOMOVISION, he said: “In so many countries, like Uganda, Pakistan, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Iran, LGBT people are victims of Sharia law which stipulate that LGBT people can be put to death. We’re not talking about punishment about a few lashes or even a few years imprisonment, we’re talking about execution.

“We need to acknowledge that there are many LGBT Muslim people in Britain who live in fear because of religious pressure – pressure to hide their sexuality, pressure to deny their sexuality, and pressure to give up there sexuality. They also fear that if they are discovered they will be rejected by their families and thrown out of their homes; they fear that they will be violently attacked by members of their own family; and even in extreme circumstances, the possibilities of honour killings.

“These are shocking, shocking, shocking threats that hang over the lives of LGBT Muslims in Britain,” he adds.

Tatchell also expressed disappointment at the number of LGBT people attending the protest: “Sharia law is a particularly oppressive form of legislation that has a very very detrimental effect upon the lives of our people worldwide. And to me, human rights for LGBT people are not just about LGBT people here in Britain, but indeed all LGBT people everywhere on this planet.”

Watch the interview here: