I'll say this much, Islam has a powerful hold on its adherents

I just finished watching the documentary, Jihad for Love.

Homosexuals in various Islamic countries are shown to be repeatedly rejected by Islamic clergy and society, forced to flee their home countries to avoid jail sentences, rapes and floggings, have their faces disguised to protect their families from being harmed, are told that they should be thrown off cliffs, etc, etc. One lesbian states that she wants to be flogged because she thinks it might make her not be a lesbian any more.

And yet, these poor souls still desperately hunger for the acceptance of their fellow Muslims and feel a strong and abiding spiritual connection to their God, Allah.

After reading the paper this morning and reading stories about Muslims' attacks on Iraqi Muslims, Afghan Muslims, Pakistani Muslims, Danish cartoonists, international air passengers, Egyptian Copts and Malaysian Christians, and Iranian fundamentalist Muslims calling for the executions of other "more tolerant" Muslims I cannot help but think that Muslim homosexuals are doomed to be disappointed, as Muslims are heading in the exact opposite direction of tolerance and acceptance.