'I despair too of Homosexuals wanting to still be Muslims or Catholics or any religion. Your very existence is (often murderously) condemned by the man-made religions you foolishly embrace! Wake up!'

Dave B, Stoke, UK

Right on the nail Dave!

Jean, Hague, Netherlands

OH PLEASE!!!

Islam does not condemn Gays...just their sex lives!

Oh well that's okay then! We give you permission to be Gay, just don't actually do anything remotely Gay. Or...and this IS okay with Islam...we'll kill you.

Iran notched up a body count of 114 last year in it's Islamic acceptance of Homosexuality!

I despair too of Homosexuals wanting to still be Muslims or Catholics or any religion. Your very existence is (often murderously) condemned by the man-made religions you foolishly embrace! Wake up!

Dave B, Stoke, UK

Now that the UN has passed the resolution on Defamation of Religion something has radically changed in the world. I think that from today Gays have a lot more to be afraid of. A light of freedom has gone out and the UN has become an organisation that all non religious will come to regard with fear.Certainly for anyone who believes in free speech this is a crushing blow and gives aid,, support and a glaring green light for extreme and radical religious practise of any kind. Why shouldn't we stone them? You can't criticise it ,the UN says it is all right. How can any ethos that involves coercion of any kind in dress or behaviour or recruitment and retention of its members be regarded as a religion? A religion requires true belief and there can never be true belief where there is coercion of any kind because members of that ethos will always have been aware that they obeyed under threat. Do the non religious have the same rights to be offended as the religious? Not from today !!!!

Keith, Rayleigh, England

"If you follow Islam you are not free."

Nobody is free. Freedom is an illusion.

Simon, Bolton,

Islam is a religion for Arabs. Remember, in the 7th century the Arabs complained that God spoke to the Jews & to the Christians so why does he not speak to the Arabs? Up pops Mohamed who tells his wife that he was ‘spoken to’ on a mountain by God's messenger, Gabriel, (from the Bible). NOT verifiable of course. Accounts of the prophet’s life were not set down ‘til 120 years after his death. These were lost (by Ibn Ishag). It was reworked in the 9th century AD by Ibn Hisham. There is NO agreed telling of how the Koran was put together – they had to scratch around – a hopeless task – inaccurate. There are hugely different interpretations of what was said & written down as Arabic was not actually properly set until the 10th c AD. But – there WAS access to many old scriptures including the bible, which forms much of the Koran.

Who knows, maybe there was acceptance of gays then, but you'd never know as the original sayings were hopelessly corrupted.
If you follow Islam you are not free.

Phil, Preston,

I'm certain that there must be something going on in the universe which doesn't involve gays, Muslims or icebergs - yet the press seems to be unable to locate anything which might be of interest to the remainder of humanity.

Patrick Henry, Bristol,

This is fantastic news for Islamic countries. All their gays will be flooding here to 'civilised' western countries, where they are welcome with open arms. Islamic countries will be free of gays at last, without causing any harm to them. Everyone lives happily ever after?. I am sure they'd would like to thank western countries for the generosity.

jayil, london, uk

Great article till the last paragraph! Parvez needs a bit of a reality check as Sammy from Brighton suggests. Bollywood has made "Muslim musicals" since the inception of sound - the very first talkie was Alam Ara - not precisely "non-Muslim." And since then, Mughal-e-Azam, Pakeezah, Nikaah are all examples of so-called "Muslim musicals." And no, Parvez, you can't even make a "gay Bollywood movie" coz thats been done too: My Brother Nikhil. So the only choice you have is trying for a gay-Muslim-musical and that is just getting identity(ies) in way of good movie making.

Anamika, London, London

Here we go again, confusing religion with tradition. Nowhere does Islam the religion condemn being gay. Gay sex yes, but Islam's not too fond of premarital sex either. Does that mean Islam condemns heteros? And not the pillars of Lot again, that's nothing to do with being gay. Most people say it's Islam, but it is the traditions of each country that define its treatment of gay men and women. It's a pity that Parvez did not come to Malaysia--he would have seen quite a different picture of professional gay men and women in the private and public sectors. Again, it is the dominant Malay culture here that affords the live and let live attitude. Most of us go about our lives without worrying about so many things Iranians, Saudis and others have to.

Iqbal, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

You don't make Muslims musicals in Bollywood Parvez. You just make musicals. The vibrant Indian film scene is equal access to everyone irrespective of religious choice. There are many producers, actors, musicians who are Muslims and they interact seamlessly with people of all other cultural groups. If you make a "Muslim musical" in Bollywood it will be a first but it will also leave an unhealthy taste.

Sammy, Brighton, United Kingdom