AFTER receiving a number of telephone threats, a gay Indian artist was attacked last week at a Delhi gallery where his work was being featured.
Balbir Kirishan (click on pic for video)
Balbir Kirishan, a double amputee who lost both his legs, was insulted, pushed and kicked by a disguised assailant, who then vandalised some of Kirishan’s gay-related work.
According to this report, the attacker entered the exhibition space at New Delhi’s Lalit Kala Akademi gallery with his face covered by a handkerchief.
Thirty-eight year-old Krishan, who is openly gay, said the crime happened after he received threats regarding his exhibition, which centres around same-sex relationships.
An unidentified caller accused the artist of “spreading” homosexuality in India and being determined to “ruin Islam”.
Posters designed to promote the event were also burnt and ripped in the run-up to the opening night.
Meanwhile, it is reported here that five Muslim men in the UK are to go on trial at Derby Crown Court accused of inciting hatred against homosexuals. It is the first prosecution of its kind.
The Jamia Mosque in Derby
Ihjaz Ali, 42, Mahboob Hassain, 45, and Umer Javed, 38, first appeared in court last January to face the charges relating to a leaflet called The Death Penalty? which was handed out outside the Jamia Mosque in Derby in July 2010 and through letterboxes during the same month.
Two other men, Razwan Javed, 28, and Kabir Ahmed, 27, were also charged with the same offence.
The leaflet is understood to have called for homosexuals to be executed.
Ali, Hassain and Umer Javed are charged with three counts each of an offence of sending letters with intent to cause distress or anxiety under section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
Ali is also charged with three offences, contrary to section 5 (b) of the Public Order 1986, in relation to the distribution of leaflets outside the Jamia Mosque.
He faces a further four counts of distributing threatening written material intending to stir up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation, contrary to section 29C (1) of the Public Order Act 1986.
Hassain and Umer Javed are both also charged with two counts each contrary to section 29C (1) of the Public Order Act 1986.
Razwan Javed and Ahmed are both charged with one count each contrary to section 29C (1) of the Public Order Act 1986.
UPDATE: Pope Ratzinger, in a “State of the World” speech, had identified gay marriage as the biggest threat to humanity.
Hat tip: Diesel Balaam and BarrieJohn (Derby report), and Pete H (Pope)
The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
January 10th, 2012 at 10:47 am
A new term for this kind of all-too-familiar mental health problem is sweeping the internets:
Gay Obsessive Disorder (GOD).
Pass it on.
January 10th, 2012 at 11:04 am
Gay themed art: bad
Attacking double amputee, presumably in wheelchair: ok
Once again their impotent twat in the sky needs his followers to defend him, with their faces covered and of course only they know what he wants.
January 10th, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Using taqiyya they and their lawyer(s) will lie their way through the trial and they’ll end up with £5 suspended sentences.
January 10th, 2012 at 1:45 pm
How typical of Islam, picking on someone who can’t stand up for himself.
January 10th, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Slightly OT but still a bit T. Anyone fancy signing a petition to stop Jesus & Mo being persecuted at UCL?
http://www.ipetitions.com/peti.....y-college/
January 10th, 2012 at 4:37 pm
Art: it is so very dangerous, and, as we know, has led to the deaths of countless millions of people. Whereas religion…
January 10th, 2012 at 6:35 pm
At least we can rest peacefully knowing that the pope has once again stated that child phucking is no real problem and that gays are going to destroy civilization, again!!!
It was the gay hordes that sacked Rome,
It was the gay crusaders that attached the holey lands-and everything in between.
It was the gay Europeans that destroyed the american indian nations.
It was the gay mongol hordes that attacked the chinese.
Boy! maybe with their awesome powers we should be starting to treat them with respect so they will not destroy us too!! The pope should try harder to be friendly with them to save all the gold in the palace.
As for the islameic criminals they are just that so start arresting their asses and throw them into prison, woops! forgot, the cops are islame, the govmint is islame too, aint theocracy wonderful.
January 10th, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Ah, so it’s gay marriage that’s going to bring down the entire human race! And there’s me thinking it might be global warming, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, famine, water scarcity, unsustainable population growth, the continuing rise of fundamentalism, or a Republican President of the US.
My mistake – I can only apologise for my naïveté.
January 10th, 2012 at 8:03 pm
“Gay artist attacked for RUINING islam”
How the fuck can you ruin something that’s already rotten?
Remigius, petition signed. I get fed up of religiots telling me that I have to obey their rules.
January 10th, 2012 at 8:55 pm
This is almost beyond belief:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new.....toons.html
January 10th, 2012 at 10:56 pm
remigius – signed.
January 11th, 2012 at 1:08 am
These sad, deluded people move to a western country for an improved standard of living. They would be, I’m sure, aware of our culture and choosing to move and live in a western country is their decision. Surely thay can comprehend the need to adhere to “western values” when choosing to live here. Maybe the g’ment can offer some sort of culture class to those newly arrived who admit that they subscribe to the muzzie nonsense. In the interest of maintaining some sort of peaceful coexistance, this is something worth considering. If they choose not to do the right thing, send them back from whence they came.
January 11th, 2012 at 11:35 am
Never fails to amaze me. Don’t just ignore stuff you don’t like. That’d be too easy. Nope, destroy it, and kill the perpetrator; that’s the way to go. Fuckin’ barbarians.
January 12th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
Here in the USA there are no hate speech laws, and for that I am thankful. Private institutions, however, have the legal ability to set their own standards. Many businesses and schools, for instance, have limits on speech. I think that’s just fine.
What is always disappointing is that when hate speech is done as religion it gets a pass. There’s no getting around the fact that Judaism, Christianity and Islam all agree on the death penalty for homosexuals in their immutable, divine, traditional holy texts. Slur a fag for fun and go to jail. Slur a fag for an invisible monster that lives in the sky and get a tv show.
January 12th, 2012 at 6:26 pm
Put the muslims in jail and be sure they stay for a while. As far as the poop is concerned being in charge of pedophile central must do him proud, the only thing that may destroy civilization is religion itself