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| Region | Saudi Arabia |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Homosexuality is illegal |
| Sources | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/saudi-arabia/ |
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edited by GeorgieTheOrgie. Inaccurate Status
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Special Status | N/A | (REMOVED) |
| End Date | -0001 | 0000 |
| Description | While Saudi Arabia has no specific law banning homosexuality, it does use Sharia law as a framework. Punishment for those who are convicted varies between flogging and imprisonment. Those who are convicted twice face an automatic execution. Under Saudi Arabian interpretation of Sharia, a Non Muslim male who engages sexual relations with a Muslim male could face the Capital Punishment , married men who have sex with another men could also face execution by stoning for the offense of adultery . While sex between Muslim men is is sentenced by Flogging on the first offence. Second conviction merits execution. | Homosexuality is illegal |
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| Sources | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/saudi-arabia/ | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/saudi-arabia/ |
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- Status is not correct "Says homosexuality is illegal, but the status says unknown."
- Duplicate entry
edited by johnnypedro
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| Value | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | N/A |
| Start Date | Sep 23, 1932 | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) | -0001 |
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- Status is not correct "that not Sharia law, nothing in Quran or Hadith (which is the main recourse for ahria law) mentions punishment for Homosexuality, yes it's forbidden but there's no mention of punishment.
death punishment was an opinion by some zealots based on unauthentic historical incident were a historical figure punished a gay man by killing him (the Sharia law most be come from something the prophet Muhammed say or did) which is not the case in that incident because if we accept that incident was true it happened after the prophet Muhammed death by at least 10-20 years
so no everyone know how Sharia laws work know the death punishment is bogus
but being secretly gay has no punishment btw the punishment (like prison) is only for openly gay"
edited by LGBT_southeastasian
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| Description | While Saudi Arabia has no specific law banning homosexuality, it does use Sharia law as a framework. Punishment for those who are convicted varies between flogging and imprisonment. Those who are convicted twice face an automatic execution. Under Saudi Arabian interpretation of Sharia, a Non Muslim male who engages sexual relations with a Muslim male could face the Capital Punishment , married men who have sex with another men could also face execution by stoning for an offense of adultery . While sex between Muslim men is is sentenced by Flogging on the first offence. Second conviction merits execution. | While Saudi Arabia has no specific law banning homosexuality, it does use Sharia law as a framework. Punishment for those who are convicted varies between flogging and imprisonment. Those who are convicted twice face an automatic execution. Under Saudi Arabian interpretation of Sharia, a Non Muslim male who engages sexual relations with a Muslim male could face the Capital Punishment , married men who have sex with another men could also face execution by stoning for the offense of adultery . While sex between Muslim men is is sentenced by Flogging on the first offence. Second conviction merits execution. |
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- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "That’s not true. The actual sentencing is jail. No person has been executed for homosexuality before. "
- Newer law has been passed
edited by LGBT_southeastasian
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| Description | While Saudi Arabia has no specific law banning homosexuality, it does use Sharia law as a framework. Punishment for those who are convicted varies between flogging and imprisonment. Those who are convicted twice face an automatic execution. Under Saudi Arabian interpretation of Sharia, a Non Muslim male who engages sexual relations with a Muslim male could face the Capital Punishment. While sex between Muslim men is is sentenced by Flogging. | While Saudi Arabia has no specific law banning homosexuality, it does use Sharia law as a framework. Punishment for those who are convicted varies between flogging and imprisonment. Those who are convicted twice face an automatic execution. Under Saudi Arabian interpretation of Sharia, a Non Muslim male who engages sexual relations with a Muslim male could face the Capital Punishment , married men who have sex with another men could also face execution by stoning for an offense of adultery . While sex between Muslim men is is sentenced by Flogging on the first offence. Second conviction merits execution. |
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edited by LGBT_southeastasian
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| Value | Illegal (other penalty) | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
edited by Muhammadaji2022
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| Description | While Saudi Arabia has no specific law banning homosexuality, it does use Sharia law as a framework. Punishment for those who are convicted varies between flogging and imprisonment. Those who are convicted twice face automatic execution. Under Saudi Arabian interpretation of Sharia, a Non Muslim male who engages sexual relations with a Muslim male could face the Capital Punishment. While sex between Muslim men is is sentenced by Flogging. | While Saudi Arabia has no specific law banning homosexuality, it does use Sharia law as a framework. Punishment for those who are convicted varies between flogging and imprisonment. Those who are convicted twice face an automatic execution. Under Saudi Arabian interpretation of Sharia, a Non Muslim male who engages sexual relations with a Muslim male could face the Capital Punishment. While sex between Muslim men is is sentenced by Flogging. |
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edited by Muhammadaji2022
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| Description | While Saudi Arabia has no specific law banning homosexuality, it does use Sharia law as a framework. Punishment for those who are convicted varies between flogging and imprisonment. Those who are convicted twice face automatic execution. | While Saudi Arabia has no specific law banning homosexuality, it does use Sharia law as a framework. Punishment for those who are convicted varies between flogging and imprisonment. Those who are convicted twice face automatic execution. Under Saudi Arabian interpretation of Sharia, a Non Muslim male who engages sexual relations with a Muslim male could face the Capital Punishment. While sex between Muslim men is is sentenced by Flogging. |
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edited by Muhammadaji2022
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| Description | While Saudi Arabia has no specific law banning homosexuality, it does use Sharia law as a framework. Punishment for those who are convicted varies between flogging and imprisonment. | While Saudi Arabia has no specific law banning homosexuality, it does use Sharia law as a framework. Punishment for those who are convicted varies between flogging and imprisonment. Those who are convicted twice face automatic execution. |
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| Value | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) | Illegal (other penalty) |
| Description | Not legal. Second offense warrants execution whereas a prison sentences, lashing or execution may be used as punishment for first time offenders. | While Saudi Arabia has no specific law banning homosexuality, it does use Sharia law as a framework. Punishment for those who are convicted varies between flogging and imprisonment. |
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| Sources | http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/sa00000_.html | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/saudi-arabia/ |
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- Newer law has been passed "Death is also a legal punishment "
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| Value | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Description | Not legal | Not legal. Second offense warrants execution whereas a prison sentences, lashing or execution may be used as punishment for first time offenders. |
Reports (6)
- Newer law has been passed "You can search everywhere you wont find an actual gay death penalty, now its just jail for a bit"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "I’m saudi, this is not true :| ??? ??????"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "No one has ever been executed for homosexuality activity."
- Status is not correct
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Sep 23, 1932 |
| Description | Not legal | |
| Sources | http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/sa00000_.html |
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| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | (empty) |
| Sources | (empty) |
Reports (2)
- Status is not correct "Homosexuality is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia."
- Status is not correct "The punishment is up to death"