Mr. Dean said his statements were taken out of context, and notes that a disclaimer on his ministry's Web site says, "We have never and will never call for the execution of homosexuals".
Another leading member of the BMI, Anas Altikriti, points out that the Qur'an says nothing about homosexuality beyond relaying the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah (and, for that matter, does not call for the execution of apostates).
Mr. Lieberman proclaimed himself "energized" by the capture of Mr. Hussein, and he went so far as to call for the execution of the former Iraqi leader after a trial.
He blamed Abimael Guzman, the imprisoned Shining Path founder, for all the barbaric acts they had inflicted on civilians in the past: "We call for the execution of [Abimael Guzman], for the crimes he committed against humanity," he said.
Once that bill became law and started making it illegal to, say, call for the execution of all gays Gallant told CTV that "the danger in having 'sexual orientation' just listed, that encompasses, for example, pedophiles" and went on to say that she wants it repealed.
Also, it is important to note that the Quran and the Hadith do not unconditionally call for the execution of blasphemers, but it is the faithful few who have drafted the blasphemy laws, while the founder of the nation, Muhammed Ali Jinnah, who was married outside the faith and was as secular as secular can be, squirms in his marble mausoleum for herding all extremists under one roof.
Elsewhere in Iraq on Friday, 2,500 pro-government demonstrators took to the streets of Baghdad to call for the executions of two dozen men who were arrested several days ago in connection with a massacre of a wedding party in 2006.
Hayes had landed in uniform and should have been considered a prisoner of war, but he was executed following the issue of the commando order which called for the execution of all commandos upon capture.
The document also cited statements by calling for the execution of those who leaked the State Department documents.
