Former Chairman of the PBNU, KH. Hasyim Muzadi, stated that gays and lesbians transmit domesticated sexual disorders by design. He made this point when commenting on the holding of the Gay Film Festival in Jakarta, which screened lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender films, from September 24 to October 3, 2010.
"Homosexual or lesbi must be normalized, not in a festival," said Hashim, Thursday (30/9), as quoted voa-islam. "If it is destined, it means that it is raised by design and the police shouldn't have given permission. "
According to the scholar who is also the Secretary General of the International Conference on Islamic Scholars (ICIS), the gay and lesbian issues that are being contested should now be placed in proportion. Basically, gays and lesbians are sexual orientation disorders which then affect psychological attitudes.
“Gay and lesbian behavior is prohibited by all religions. No religion in the world allows it. If in many countries that include homo or lesbi rights in the statutory regulations, it is not a justification of religion at all, but from the secularization of the state, "said Hasyim.
According to him, these religious leaders also played a role in reducing the spread of gay and lesbian influence. "There are so many religious institutions, such as Catholics, orthodox, and anglicans who do psychological and physiological therapy when there are symptoms since the children finally return to normal even though they are not optimal," he said.
Despite strong protests and threats of arson from the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), the committee for the Q film festival did not budge and will continue activities as scheduled.
On the Goethe Institute website, there are no cancellation releases. although there were several cancellations of the premiere schedule. In general, the Q film festival activities continue.
The organizers of the Q film festival have even promised that films will continue to be screened at the Goethe Institute. In his official twitter account @QfilmFestival posted, "Okay, movie screening methods at Goethe u / today will keep running according to schedule !! And other events are still being held here ... "
Apart from FPI, University of Indonesia (UI) students also held a peaceful protest in front of the Goethe Haus, the venue for the Q! The Film Festival will be held on Wednesday (29/9) afternoon.
The SALAM UI mass made speeches rejecting the gay and lesbi themed film show. In their oration, they considered that gay films could destroy the morale of the nation and the younger generation.
"We as students strongly oppose and reject gay and lesbi films that are rampant in this country," explained one of the SALAM UI demonstration field coordinators, during a speech in front of Goethe Haus, Jl. Sam Ratulangi, Menteng, Central Jakarta. *
