A group of young men on Saturday 6th march, 2021 around 9:00pm to 10:00pm attacked Kanz Mohammed a suspected gay activist at Adenta, New Legon in Accra.
The victim’s father happens to be an imam (an Islamic leadership position) and celebrated personality in the said community.
According to information gathered one afternoon the victim was visited by known bisexual who often visits him. Unknown to the victim and the bisexual the young men has planned an attack on them.
Prior to the attack his father asked and advised him on the said issue, that someone has reported to him about he (Victim) engagement with the bisexual friend and the community suspects he is a gay.
The victim denied due to his religious background and his father’s personality at the community.
The Islamic views on LGBTQ+: In general, traditional interpretations of Islam consider homosexual acts to be sinful based on scriptural references.
The Quran, the central religious text of Islam, mentions the story of the people of Lot (or the people of Sodom and Gomorrah) and their sinful behavior, which is commonly interpreted to include homosexual acts.
As a result, some scholars and conservative Muslim communities consider same-sex relationships or sexual activities to be forbidden.
On one said day a member of young men piped through the room’s door to find out if their suspension is something to write home about and unfortunately they were caught in a romancing mood, the young man invite his colleagues to attack them, furious knocked on the door severally, but they didn’t open.
The attacking team who were so much unset with the act tried breaking down the door which eventually push the victim to open the door.
They dragged him with his partner out and beat them in public. After severally beatings an elderly pleaded with the attackers to stop beating them and use the rule of the Islam legal way to punish them since the constitution of the republic of Ghana does not protect the LGBTQ+ community in Ghana.
They were then sent to a Muslim chief’s palace for judgment hence their escape from the town.
The young men still are looking for them to crucify them.
Source. Marhabafm.com
