Page "LGBT in Islam" Paragraph 35

In India, where Muslims form a large minority, the largest Islamic seminary ( Darul Uloom Deoband ) has vehemently opposed recent government moves to abrogate and liberalize laws from the British Raj era that banned homosexuality.

However, consensual gay sex is not a criminal offense as per the constitution of India.

In the UK, a Gallup poll showed that none of the 500 British Muslims polled believed homosexuality to be " morally acceptable ", compared with 35 % of the 1001 French Muslims polled.

A 2007 survey of British Muslims showed that 61 % believe homosexuality should be illegal, with up to 71 % young British Muslims holding this belief.

According to a 2012 poll, 51 % of the Turks in Germany, who account for nearly two thirds of the total Muslim population in Germany, believe that homosexuality is a sickness.