Les signataires "condamnent les violations des droits de l'Homme fondées sur l'orientation sexuelle ou l'identité de genre". Etats-Unis, Chine, Russie et Etats arabes n'ont pas adhéré à l'appel.
"EXACTLY one month ago, the National Fatwa Council made a decision against women who dressed like men, denouncing it as haram. This has been met with anger, protest, and mainly, confusion, as to what exactly it is that the fatwa condemns."
Pour permettre aux travestis et aux homosexuels de pratiquer le culte musulman en toute liberté, une école coranique leur a été dédiée dans un hameau non loin de Jogjakarta, une ville de Java, relate le Jakarta Post.
Wearing headscarves and reciting the Koran, students at an Indonesian Islamic school look like ordinary women practicing their faith in the holy month of Ramadan, but they are actually transvestites.
The articles in the new issue of the Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, cover the theme of "The Transnational Muslim World, Human Rights, and the Rights of Women and Sexual Minorities."
President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, on Thursday, gave less than 24 hours (until last week Friday) ultimatum to homosexuals, drug dealers, thieves and other criminals, to leave The Gambia or face serious consequences if caught.
