Mohamed Al Maimouni, a spokesperson for the Danish Islamic Council – who earlier in the week lamented the limited number of politicians attending the opening (see page 2) – made the comments.
“Within Islam, homosexuality is wrong, of course,” he told Jyllands-Posten. “It’s considered an illness.”
Al Maimouni underlined that everyone was welcome at the mosque whatever their sexual orientation, and that they would be happy to advise people who want to “get out of the situation they are in”.
The minister of integration, Manu Sareen, called the remarks ridiculous.
“That homosexuality should be a disease is a completely absurd statement, and I think it is sad that a prominent person within Islam comes forward with rubbish like that in today’s Denmark,” Sareen said. [The Copenhagen Post] Read more
