Five men in Malaysia were sentenced to jail and canings on Thursday by an Islamic court for attempting to have gay sex, local media and a rights group said.Sodomy and same-sex acts are illegal under Islamic law in Muslim-majority Malaysia, although convictions are rare.The Selangor Shariah High Court sentenced four men to six months’ jail, six strokes of the cane, and a 4,800 ringgit ($1,163) fine for “attempting intercourse against the order of nature”, the Malay-language daily Harian Metro…
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