OkCupid urges users to abandon Firefox

Re:OkCupid urges users to abandon Firefox by oneeyedpigeon on Monday March 31, 2014 @07:39PM (#7505160)

That's a ridiculous generalisation; the status of homosexuality and Islamic law is far more nuanced than that. Not only is there not a single death penalty for being gay across the entire Muslim world, the legal status of homosexuality differs greatly. Of course, that is not to say that many of those countries don't exhibit abhorrent views, but the same goes for many Christian communities too.

I would warrant that a larger proportion of HN's audience feels some kind of connection with the technology world than they do with that of Islam, and it feels more reasonable to clear your own back yard out first before complaining about the state of your neighbour's.

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Re:OkCupid urges users to abandon Firefox by honksillet on Monday March 31, 2014 @08:03PM (#7505278)

If you believe what is on wikipedia... http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Islam_and_Homosexuality

As of 1999 in Iran, more than 4,000 lesbians and gays had been executed since the 1979 Islamic revolution. ... As of 2009, homosexual relationships, acts or behavior are illegal in 36 Islamic countries. 10 impose the death penalty.

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Re:OkCupid urges users to abandon Firefox by fleitz on Monday March 31, 2014 @08:22PM (#7505367)

The Qur'an is pretty clear about what the punishment for being an atheist or homosexual is.

I'm not saying that Jewish and Christian religious texts don't also contain similar punishments, however, it's quite clear that anyone who believes in all the things the Qur'an says would have to believe that it's acceptable to put atheists and homosexuals to death for no other reason.

Similarly in most judeo-christian religions you see similar opposition to homosexuality being treated on an equal footing to heterosexuality, not to mention the rest of the sexual repression commonly found in those religions.

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