Berlin Arabic mag sparks outrage by labelling gays as diseased

by Hannah Cleaver
The Local
August 15, 2008

http://www.islamist-watch.org/790/berlin-arabic-mag-sparks-outrage-by-labelling

Excerpt:

Two sensitive subjects have crashed into each other in Berlin, with a row over an article in a German Arabic language magazine warning readers that shaking the hands of gay men can transmit diseases.

The article, in the free magazine al-Salam which is distributed to restaurants and cafes around the German capital, is couched in pseudo-scientific language, and accompanied with graphic photos of skin diseases.

Titled "A flesh-eating bacteria and sexual abnormality," the article claims that gay men are hit by deadly diseases and that Muslim "brothers" should not shake their hands as "one never knows what kind of bacteria and germs are found on them."

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