Senior MP Warns Azerbaijan to Cancel Immoral Parade
News number: 9102112615 15:32 | 2012-05-19
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TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian legislator blasted a gay parade planned to be
held in the Muslim state of Azerbaijan on May 26, warning that Baku will
soon regret holding the event.

"The parade has been planned based on the goals of the Zionists and the
world arrogance (the US)," member of the parliament's National Security and
Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Esmayeel Kossari told FNA on Saturday.

"The Azeri government which paves the way for the gathering of such immoral
groups as homosexuals through this method (of action) should know that it
will be struck by problems in the near future and the country's political
and state officials will regret this move," he added.

Kossari lamented that the Azeri statesmen act based on the Zionist thoughts
and views instead of paying attention to the Islamic thoughts and their
people's beliefs.

A proposal to hold a gay pride parade during this year's Eurovision Song
Contest in Baku has sparked anger among people in the mainly Muslim state of
Azerbaijan.

An international gay website initially floated the idea of a parade taking
place between March 22 and March 26, in the lead-up to the finals in May,
but then removed the proposal days later.

Since then, hundreds of people have joined a Facebook page opposing the plan
and a local gay group has received a death threat.