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India: Muslim leaders unite against move to repeal Section 377

(India) Muslim leaders unite against move to repeal Section 377
— a “development that could sap the government’s enthusiasm for a relook at the law criminalising homosexuality”
— India Muslim leaders: “We are shocked to see reports in the media that the Union government is considering the repeal of Section 377 of the IPC, which means making homosexuality legal”

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AP: “‘This Western culture cannot be permitted in our country,’ said Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahali, a leading Muslim cleric in the northern city of Lucknow.”

India ends ban on homosexuals
— “An Indian court has overturned a 148-year-old colonial law banning homosexual relationships saying it was an affront to human dignity.”

—  Full text of Delhi HC judgment (PDF)