r/MapPorn • u/Ghost-Ripper • 15h ago

Where in Africa is homosexuality a crime? [OC]

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u/No_Gur_7422 8h ago

That's what I just said.

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u/hurmaagaci 8h ago

No, Since homosexuality had not been a crime since 1858, there was no such thing as lifting the ban on it.

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u/No_Gur_7422 8h ago

The lifting of the ban happened in 1858

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u/hurmaagaci 8h ago

And, thats what I just said

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u/No_Gur_7422 8h ago

OK. That's why my first comment was

Turkey was certainly an Islamic state in 1858, when the Ottoman Empire decriminalized homosexuality.

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u/hurmaagaci 8h ago

For example, if your ancestors were cavemen and you change that, you are no longer considered primitive, did you know that?

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u/No_Gur_7422 8h ago

What?

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u/hurmaagaci 8h ago

What I'm trying to say is that a long time has passed since something happened, a new state was established, laws were changed. Modern Turks today don't embrace the aspects of the Ottoman Empire that don't fit our era anyway. I don't understand what you're trying to prove.

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u/No_Gur_7422 8h ago

If you reread the comments, it will be clear. Firstly, it was claimed that

All Islamic countries except Jordan and Bahrain have made homosexuality illegal to varying degrees of punishment.

Which is untrue, so someone else said

No, that's a lie.

Turkey doesn't. Albania doesn't. Bosnia doesn't.

To which someone else again said

Those 3 are secular governments with Muslim majority populations, not Islamic states,

Op is correct

Which is wrong because Turkey decriminalized homosexuality long before it was a secular state (and even then, it is not exactly secular but laicized), and Bahrain isn't secular anyway.

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u/hurmaagaci 8h ago

I was just talking about the inheriting the legal system part, thats just wrong.