Summary:
Recently in Egypt a
Libyan man, who was studying in the Arab Academy for Maritime Transport in
Cairo, was deported due to solely being accused of participating in homosexual
acts. According to the guardian, ever since the military overthrew the Islamist
president Mohamed Morsi in July of 2013 the authorities of Egypt have been
targeting members of the LGBT community. This has led to an acceleration of arrest
rates for members of the LGBT community. This case of the Libyan man is an
example of the many cases of homosexuals that have been targeted. According to
the Egyptian media, the reason the judge ruled in favor of the deportation of
the Libyan man was to “prevent the spreading of social ills.”
Analysis:
Throughout the search
of gaining knowledge on the LGBT around the world for my blog entries, I have
focused for the majority of my blogs on the progresses the LGBT community has
been facing around the world. There are plenty of states and countries that are
still causing strain on the LGBT community. Egypt is in interesting example of
the hardship LGBT community members have to face. Egypt does not explicitly
write out in their laws that homosexuality or participating in homosexual acts is
illegal. Rather they passed a law that prevents those that are visiting to do
something against public morality. As well, Egypt makes it illegal for anyone
to participate in acts that resemble debauchery. With this Egypt has made life
in Egypt for members of the LGBT community really difficult, as it seems that
these laws only truly apply to homosexuality. This is an example of a country
that is far behind on progress for the LGBT community. Due to the hidden
meanings behind their laws they are making it really difficult for all members
of their society to really understand their views on homosexuality. Because the
judge who ruled in favor of the deportation due to the “prevention of social
ills,” I would have to say that the lack of knowledge Egypt’s population has on
homosexuality based off the judge’s statement and the laws itself, shows how
much they truly are not willing to learn.
Karen Bent
April 17th 2015
2:12 PM
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