A Malaysian newspaper, Sinar Harian has published something rather unusual. They have come out with a checklist on ‘how to spot gay men.’ And well, it gets weirder from here. Apparently, this checklist says that people who go to the gym are… gay.<\/p>\n
\u201c[They] like going to the gym but not for exercising, but to ogle others.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sinar Harian<\/a>‘s ‘helpful’ list is anything but.\u00a0 The checklist includes ‘telltale signs’ that say you are a gay man if you:<\/p>\n
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- go to the gym,<\/li>\n
- have a beard,<\/li>\n
- wear branded clothes, etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nWell we really don’t know about you, but for Muslims, having a beard is ‘sunnah’ [a practice followed out of devotion to the Muslim prophet Muhammad (PBUH)]. This list seems more like someone’s personal biases gone awry than something backed by scientific analysis.<\/p>\n
Arwind Kumar, one of Malaysia\u2019s biggest social media stars broke down the baselessness of the ‘gay-spotter\u2019s checklist’ in a YouTube video.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know a lot of priests, I know a lot ustads [Islamic scholars], I know a lot of really, really religious people who love keeping beards. Are you trying to say they are gay? That\u2019s how stupid this whole article sounds.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Arwind asserted his society’s need to educate themselves on how to identify real criminals like sex offenders, pedophiles, etc<\/em><\/p>\n
“If you really want to educate society then explain to them the traits of a pedophile, a molester, a murderer, a kidnapper, people who actually endanger the lives of others. How the hell does a gay person endanger your life?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That’s not all<\/h3>\n
This ‘gay-spotter checklist’ is not just limited to men. There were also some points on how to identify a lesbian. If you guys and girls thought it couldn’t get more ridiculous, well here’s how you could spot a lesbian:<\/p>\n
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- hugging,<\/li>\n
- holding hands,<\/li>\n
- ‘being alone’ (or as Emma Watson would say self-coupled),<\/li>\n
- voicing negative things about men, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Malaysian daily newspaper published the checklist along with a piece featuring Islamic cleric Hanafiah Malik on the deplorable rise of homosexuality. He said there is an ‘urgent need to stop homosexuality’.<\/p>\n
\nALSO READ<\/p>\n
Aunt and Niece Pair Posing as Same Sex Couple for Asylum Arrested at Islamabad Airport<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHomosexuality is considered sinful by many Muslims, and is prohibited in South-Asian cultures, even extending to south-east Asian Malaysia.<\/p>\n
Malaysia, like most former British colonies, still holds on to the British-era law that criminalizes homosexuality. In Malaysia, the punishment for being homosexual is up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n
We don’t know about you but, sometimes common sense is just not so common, especially in this case.<\/p>\n
via Russia Today<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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