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Homosexuality in Iran: A Matter of Perspective?

posted by Anna-Maria Müller at 13h22 GMT on Sep 28

After denying the existance of homosexuality in Iran in his speech at Columbia University in New York, bloggers and analysts around the world discussing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement.

Among them Parvez Sharva, guest blogger for Why Democracy? and director of the brave documentary "A Jihad for Love", dealing with the complex issues of being a faithful Muslim and gay at the same time.

Find out how Parvez discusses the matter on his blog in the Huffington Post as well as in his personal blog. Learn more about Parvez' documentary A Jihad for Love in our archive.

Anthropologist William O. Beeman covers the topic from a scientific perspective at New America Media: No Gays in Iran… But Many Same-Sex Couples.

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