I was talking this with a friend and we were checking where homosexuality is criminalized and we realized there is a correlation with muslim countries.

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    In most Muslim countries, religious law is THE law. There is no separation of church and state.

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      This is the core of the issue. It does also depend on which strand of denomination of Islam is in play. Unfortunately most of the larger ones are extremely illiberal, and the ones that are not (such as the Ahmadiyya) are actively persecuted by those that are