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Gay rights: Sonia supports, Deoband opposes, Centre may bring ordinance to legalise gay sex

New Delhi: The Centre is seriously considering bringing an ordinance to legalise gay sex rights, as a large section of public opinion has raised its pitch against the Supreme Court verdict holding gay sex as

India TV News Desk Updated on: December 12, 2013 19:36 IST

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Darul Uloom Deoband, the topmost Islamic seminary in India, was quick to react.

"Homosexuality is an offence under Islamic law and'haram' [prohibited] in Islam," Deputy Vice-Chancellor of
Darul Uloom Deoband Maulana Abul Khaliq Madrasi said today. 

He also asked the government not to repeal Section 377 of the IPC which criminalises homosexuality.

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