Saturday, June 18, 2016

Gay rights may be the best weapon in the fight against Islamic State


Jacqueline Maley, The Sydney Morning Herald

uncaptioned image from below cited report

Excerpt:  
In the wake of the Pulse nightclub tragedy, the Washington Institute published an analysis entitled The Islamic State's Views on Homosexuality, by Aaron Y. Zelin and Jacob Olidort.

Zelin and Olidort recommend a few possible policy responses to this violent homophobia. One is to create propaganda which exploits the awkward fact of the homosexuality within the inner sanctum of IS.  ...
In addition, the US (and by implication, all anti-IS governments) can promote LGBTI rights in private and public diplomacy with Middle Eastern countries, the authors say. ... 



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