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Islamic Movement condemns Palestinian lesbian conference
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent

A conference of Palestinian lesbians, scheduled to be held in Haifa at the end of the month, has raised the ire of Israel's Islamic Movement leaders.

Last week, the movement's heads, MKs Ibrahim Sarsur and Abas Zkoor (United Arab List-Ta'al) published a statement calling on "all respectable people from all communities and streams to stand up against preaching sexual deviance among our women and girls."

The Haifa-based Asawat, a Palestinian gay women's organization, most of whose 85 members hail from Israel and the territories, has called the March 28 conference to mark its five-year anniversary.
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The Islamic Movement statement also said, "We must not let this fatal cancer spread in our community."

The Southern Islamic Movement cooperated with Orthodox Jewish groups in protesting the Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem.

Asawat said it was studying the situation and would respond when it saw fit.

The Arabic-language newspaper affiliated with Hadash, Al Ittihad, last week published a harsh critique of the Islamic Movement's stand.



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  1.   Islam and Sexual Deviance 02:43  |  Realistic 11/03/07
  2.   Does this conference has to be held in Haifa? 03:29  |  Tamir Gaza 11/03/07
  3.   Tamir Gaza, well it cant be in a Islamic City. they would be kill 05:42  |  Steve 11/03/07
  4.   tamir meka 06:07  |  Agustin Fuentes 11/03/07
  5.   Typical of what religion turns people into 06:13  |  Dave the Athiest 11/03/07
  6.   The Devolution of Religion 06:13  |  John Ryan 11/03/07
  7.   Islamic Leaders should be confined to Mosques 06:47  |  Hani 11/03/07
  8.   good for them. religion has no place in the sexual preferences of 06:48  |  ralph 11/03/07
  9.   Lesbians as a "cancer"? 07:52  |  Rachel 11/03/07
  10.   Fanatics 08:14  |  Walid 11/03/07
  11.   good for you sisters 08:15  |  SJ 11/03/07
  12.   # 5 you are so right 08:18  |  SJ 11/03/07
  13.   As if this is a Muslim problem 09:00  |  Taufiq Rahim 11/03/07
  14.   Cheney`s Daughter 09:59  |  HaroldF 11/03/07
  15.   Lets hear the outrage from the sisterhood.Your sisters "a cancer" 09:59  |  PETER SM 11/03/07
  16.   Perhaps the Palestinian women became... 10:02  |  Alishya 11/03/07
  17.   The Muslim (Arab) world has a problem with Sex..... 10:40  |  Swiss (Dino) 11/03/07
  18.   Where else but Haifa 10:41  |  Jasmine Murphy 11/03/07
  19.   LETS HEAR FROM DANA DORIS MARYLIN MAUREEN HANNAH 10:58  |  paul harris 11/03/07
  20.   To Taufiq Rahim @13 11:00  |  AnotherMuslimMan 11/03/07
  21.   To Alishya of Tel-Aviv (#16) 11:12  |  IfYouOnlyKnew! 11/03/07
  22.   To Jasmine Murphy @18 11:17  |  WhereElse? 11/03/07
  23.   #16 Alishya: What?!?!!?! 11:24  |  An Arab Neighbor 11/03/07
  24.   To Swiss (Dino) # 17 11:52  |  HowCanYou? 11/03/07
  25.   Give us news not propaganda 11:57  |  Israel israeli 11/03/07
  26.   SWISS.Virgins as a reward for martyrdom?Seriously screwed up? 12:03  |  PETER SM 11/03/07
  27.   davetheatheist 12:13  |  ben levy 11/03/07
  28.   Realistic @ # 1 12:19  |  Akiva Patysh, Tzioni 11/03/07
  29.   #17 dino misses jerry AND CLOWNS AS USUAL 12:26  |  paul harris 11/03/07
  30.   IfYouOnlyKnew.They can be what they are in most of the world 12:37  |  PETER SM 11/03/07
  31.   # 24 How Can you ? You want it politically correct....?? 12:53  |  Swiss (Dino) 11/03/07
  32.   # 26 PETER SM Surely no more virgins available.... 13:20  |  Swiss (Dino) 11/03/07
  33.   # 29 paul harris 13:23  |  Swiss (Dino) 11/03/07
  34.   SWISS we have virgins society.They have annual meetings 13:46  |  PETER SM 11/03/07
  35.   Grow up 13:48  |  Stephen Connor 11/03/07
  36.   Is lesbianism actually forbidden in the Quran? 14:09  |  bbl 11/03/07
  37.   Peter SM #34 re the Ozzie Virgins AGM venue. 14:11  |  Ari ben Yisrael 11/03/07
  38.   ARI .They are a disgusting bunch by even world standards. 14:23  |  PETER SM 11/03/07
  39.   well, nothing new... we in Israel are blessed 15:02  |  the pope 11/03/07
  40.   Give us readers some pics! 15:03  |  Melvin 11/03/07
  41.   to an Arab Neighbor 15:07  |  the pope 11/03/07
  42.   To bbl...#36 15:15  |  An Arab Neighbor 11/03/07
  43.   To Dino ... Again! 15:28  |  HowCanYou? 11/03/07
  44.   #27 Ben Levi 16:00  |  Dave the Athiest 11/03/07
  45.   to the pope # 41 16:01  |  An Arab Neighbor 11/03/07
  46.   To Dave the Athiest 16:23  |  Fatih 11/03/07
  47.   BBL: New Testament condemns lesbianism 16:39  |  Psalm 11/03/07
  48.   Birds of a feather 16:47  |  W 11/03/07
  49.   Lesbians condemn Islamic Movement 16:47  |  René Fries 11/03/07
  50.   # 43 HowCanYou ? 16:56  |  Swiss (Dino) 11/03/07
  51.   # 45 arab neighbor 17:36  |  Lynn 11/03/07
  52.   Rights for Pedophiles? 17:37  |  FOX 11/03/07
  53.   INTOLERANT SECULARIST 17:47  |  Psalm 11/03/07
  54.   Walid my dear #10 17:48  |  FOX 11/03/07
  55.   #19 THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING GIRLS 18:20  |  paul harris 11/03/07
  56.   to an arab nneighbor, more info for you.... 18:38  |  the pope 11/03/07
  57.   #55 Hey Paul; I responded 18:46  |  ballistic 11/03/07
  58.   #18 Jasmine 18:58  |  ballistic 11/03/07
  59.   #16 Aliysha; well, er 19:01  |  ballistic 11/03/07
  60.   Why Haifa indeed? - Tamir Gaza #2 19:11  |  William 11/03/07
  61.   ballistic and "glass trailers" 20:22  |  peron 11/03/07
  62.   My Arab Neighbor 21:01  |  Stephen Connor 11/03/07
  63.   #61 shill; yup I do know cause my 21:20  |  ballistic 11/03/07
  64.   My Arab Neighbor 21:36  |  Stephen E.Connor 11/03/07
  65.   Steve, I guess it can be in the future, so who knows 21:49  |  Tamir Gaza 11/03/07
  66.   Agustin, Meka doesn`t represent me, I`m not an arab Bedouin 21:51  |  Tamir Gaza 11/03/07
  67.   Wlliam 21:53  |  Tamir Gaza 11/03/07
  68.   The reason muslim women become gay ! 21:57  |  army pics 11/03/07
  69.   #52 That Tired Pedophile Argument Again 22:22  |  The Golem 11/03/07
  70.   ben levy 22:38  |  A.M. 11/03/07
  71.   #46 Brainwashed Fatih 22:40  |  Dave the Athiest 11/03/07
  72.   #57 Ballistic 22:51  |  ChanahS 11/03/07
  73.   # 58 Ballistic 22:55  |  ChanahS 11/03/07
  74.   Tamir Gaza # 67 22:58  |  ChanahS 11/03/07
  75.   #73 Well, Chanah, Jasmine didn`t 23:48  |  ballistic 11/03/07
  76.   Walid #10 23:50  |  GABE1 11/03/07
  77.   Freedom of gays/lesbians in Israel - Tamir Gaza #67 23:54  |  William 11/03/07
  78.   Better Haifa than Jerusalem 23:55  |  Joe 11/03/07
  79.   Better Haifa than Jerusalem 23:55  |  Joe 11/03/07
  80.   The Future of the Left 00:06  |  Efox 12/03/07
  81.   To Dave the Athiest 00:23  |  Fatih 12/03/07
  82.   The Validity of the Pedophile Argument 00:24  |  Efox 12/03/07
  83.   re: HaroldF 00:26  |  efox@nmt.edu 12/03/07
  84.   To Dave the Athiest 00:26  |  Fatih 12/03/07
  85.   Point of View 00:46  |  Moishe 12/03/07
  86.   How can you ,Swiss (Dino) can 00:55  |  Najdt 12/03/07
  87.   To Dave the Atheist 00:57  |  Fatih 12/03/07
  88.   I sometimes wonder what century this is. 01:31  |  Deborah 12/03/07
  89.   75 Balistic - no euphemisms there 01:31  |  ChanahS 12/03/07
  90.   @ 45 Arab Neighbour you are marking exactly the problem... 01:38  |  Karl 12/03/07
  91.   paul harris #19 - since you insist, here is a comment 01:47  |  dana 12/03/07
  92.   paul harris #19, #55 - give us girls a break, ha? 02:00  |  dana 12/03/07
  93.   paul harris #19 - since you insist, here is a comment 05:11  |  dana 12/03/07
  94.   paul harris #19, #55 - give us girls a break, ha? 05:16  |  dana 12/03/07
  95.   #Paul Harris, #PeterSM #Ari Ben Yisrael... 06:50  |  Maureen Ann 12/03/07
  96.   #75 Chanah; so the answer is 07:00  |  ballistic 12/03/07
  97.   Actually I think it`s great. 08:02  |  Micah 12/03/07
  98.   92/3/4/5 DANA WAFFLES AWAY BUT MISSES THE POINT OF THE SUBJECT 08:15  |  paul harris 12/03/07
  99.   #95 ALUGH ADAY KEEPS REAL;ITY AWAY !! 08:17  |  paul harris 12/03/07
  100.   Ballistic, distinction my friend #96 08:50  |  FOX 12/03/07
  101.   Paul Harris, why do you always shout ???? 09:55  |  Sara 12/03/07
  102.   war is cancer , not love 10:08  |  Ralph is back 12/03/07
  103.   #95 so how was the meeting Dopey? 10:15  |  Grumpy 12/03/07
  104.   Email this article to QUIT (Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism) 10:17  |  SLAVO 12/03/07
  105.   Fatih and simples questions 10:30  |  A.M. 12/03/07
  106.   Golem is Tosefta, and lives in LA 15:36  |  FOX 12/03/07
  107.   Golem aka Tosefta, age of consent 15:57  |  FOX 12/03/07
  108.   Hey Maureen, I gotta a shidach for you 16:00  |  FOX 12/03/07
  109.   A.M.: simple answer 18:02  |  Psalm 12/03/07
  110.   FOX - Look what you did now 20:01  |  dana 12/03/07
  111.   Hi Dana #110 21:51  |  FOX 12/03/07
  112.   Dana, some more 21:57  |  FOX 12/03/07
  113.   Dana, some more 21:57  |  FOX 12/03/07
  114.   Dave the Athiest IS RIGHT 23:35  |  Igor D. 12/03/07
  115.   #100 Well, Fox, I see you have a knack for 21:43  |  ballistic 13/03/07
  116.   The Absurdity of the Pedophile Argument I 00:06  |  The Golem 14/03/07
  117.   The Absurdity of the Pedophile Argument Il 00:18  |  The Golem 14/03/07
  118.   #106 Golem is Tosefta, and lives in LA 05:58  |  The Golem 14/03/07
  119.   what is going on? 16:45  |  Amir 28/03/07
  120.   Religion 03:27  |  Robert 26/03/08
  121.   best weapon against islamofascists is conspicuous sex 21:23  |  frenz 01/06/08
  122.   lesbianism 18:50  |  syed saboor 22/04/09
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