news Gay man's corpse is dug up and set on fire while hundreds of people celebrate

[Talento]

Footage from Senegal shows the body of a man being exhumed and set on fire in the street after locals are said to have found out he was gay, in a case that has shocked the West African country.

 

Four men have been arrested in connection with the incident, though images from the scene show a crowd of hundreds gathering around the fire.

 

The 31-year-old man, named locally as Cheikh Fall, had been buried in Léona Niassene cemetery in the central Senegalese town of Kaolack on Friday evening.

 

According to local media, his family had tried to arrange a burial in nearby Touba, which is the holy city of the Islamic Mouride brotherhood.

 

However, the local authorities refused after learning the man was gay, so the family instead tried to inter him close to their home.

 

When the local community objected to that, they decided to perform the burial in secret at Léona Niassene cemetery.

 

But around 24 hours later, the body was exhumed and set alight in front of the large crowd.

 

Abasse Yaya Wane, the head of the Kaolack Public Prosecutor’s Office, said: ‘These extremely serious acts, which amount to barbarism, challenge the authorities and cannot go unpunished.’

 

In Senegal, a conservative Muslim-majority country, same-sex sexual activity is illegal for both men and women.

 

Those found guilty can face five years’ imprisonment, with the Human Dignity Trust saying LGBTQ+ people are ‘frequently subject to arrest and arbitrary detention where they are vulnerable to torture’.

 

In February last year, thousands of people gathered in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, to call for harsher punishments for LGBTQ+ people.

 

Ngoné Dia, a university student who took part in the demonstration, told VOA News: ‘We want them to be imprisoned, even if it’s forever. Senegal is a homophobic country and we’re proud to say it.’

 

https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/02/senegal-mans-body-dug-up-burned-lgbtq-19759923/

Edited November 14, 2023 by Talento

[Talento]

TW! video:

 

 

Edited November 13, 2023 by Talento

[WEEKND]

If I speak

[Daddy]

Religion works the best on the uneducated.

[Aston Martin]

I wish homophobes all the pain and suffering in the world. That's all 

[truthteller]

drop the N bomb now

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

edit: N for nontheism btw 

Edited November 13, 2023 by truthteller

[Moloko Plus]

low key surprised this happened in Senegal

[Blue Monday]

The only thing that soothes me when I look at stuff like this is remembering that none of these monsters will ever see heaven or whatever afterlife they believe in 

Edited November 13, 2023 by Blue Monday

[Zaram]

Just now, Blue Monday said:

The only thing that soothes me when I look at stuff like this is remembering that none of these monsters will ever see heaven 

girl, nobody will see heaven.

 

[Blue Monday]

1 minute ago, Zaram said:

girl, nobody will see heaven.

 

Not the point but thanks for the reminder 

[liam13]

but i have to respect their belief and religion?

[D.Va]

I saw the video weeks ago and it really really disturbed me (especially the size of the crowd & how EUPHORIC all those people looked).

 

I hope the queer people stuck there will be able to accept safely.

 

 

[DawnAnti]

I’m sick to my stomach, why are humans so brutal and hateful, this genuinely made me feel so sick 

[MidnightsAtPeace]

I want every homophobe on earth to suffer their whole life and then die in the most painful way possible, all because of the pain they cause and the hatred they always spread. 

[Sabrina Carpenter]

what the hell

[DawnAnti]

Guys if you’re sensitive to brutal things don’t watch the video, i don’t feel ok after i watched 2 seconds 

[Namie-Knowles]

11 minutes ago, truthteller said:

drop the N bomb now

Moderators HELPPP

[makeme]

I expect no less from a muslim majority country. Look how happy they were to see that mans body burn. 

[Maneater]

Why do gays bother people so much even when they’re dead. 

[magazine]

Not surprised 

 

13 minutes ago, truthteller said:

drop the N bomb now

what do you mean????? 

[dumbsparce]

Would love to see Islam apologists blaming this on colonialism but I guess this thread will somehow escape their radar.

 

I refuse to refer to these beings as people. No amount of underprivileges justifies these monstrosities.

Edited November 13, 2023 by dumbsparce

[Yoko]

the same country who didn’t consider rape an imprisonable offence until 2020 you could literally get more jail time for stealing livestock than raping a woman  

Edited November 13, 2023 by Yoko

[Trent W]

Maybe the npc theory is not that wrong

 

These are not people, they are not even animals

 

They are just a piece of meat with no soul or purpose in this world

 

 A waste of space

[Hephaestus]

I can't even imagine hating someone so much to justify stuff like this. Appalling.

[Dialamba]

Not my country.