Editing LGBTQ people and Islam (section)

====Shia====
* Iran's current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah [[Ali Khamenei]] has stated that "There is no worst form of moral degeneration than [homosexuality]. ... But it won't stop here. In the future, not sure exactly when, they will legalize incest and even worse."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outrightinternational.org/content/irans-supreme-leader-says-there-no-worst-form-moral-degeneration-homosexuality|title=Iran's Supreme Leader says "There is no worst form of moral degeneration than homosexuality"|work=Outrightinternational.org|date=27 May 2016|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-date=18 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418210441/https://outrightinternational.org/content/irans-supreme-leader-says-there-no-worst-form-moral-degeneration-homosexuality|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the conservative news website Khabaronline, [[Mohammad Javad Larijani]], Khamenei's close adviser, stated "In our society, homosexuality is regarded as an illness and malady", and that "Promoting homosexuality is illegal and we have strong laws against it." He added, "It [homosexuality] is considered as a norm in the West and they are forcing us to accept it. We are strongly against this."<ref>{{cite web |last=Dehghan |first=Saeed Kamali |date=14 March 2013 |title=Iranian human rights official describes homosexuality as an illness |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2013/mar/14/iran-official-homosexuality-illness |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031160339/https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2013/mar/14/iran-official-homosexuality-illness |archive-date=31 October 2022 |access-date=6 July 2017 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
* Ayatollah [[Ali al-Sistani]] in [[Iraq]] has stated "It is not permissible for a man to look at another man with lust; similarly, it is not permissible for a woman to look at another woman with lust. Homosexuality (Ash-shudhûdh al-jinsi) is haram. Similarly, it is forbidden for a female to engage in a sexual act with another female, i.e. lesbianism."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sistani.org/english/book/46/2068/|work=sistani.org|access-date=6 July 2017|title=A Code of Practice For Muslims in the West|archive-date=7 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707195659/http://www.sistani.org/english/book/46/2068/|url-status=live}}</ref>