Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi-Amoli also told his audience that the disease AIDS was sent by God as punishment for the world’s movement to decriminalize homosexual acts.
According to the website khabaronline, Javadi-Amoli said, “If a society commits a new sin, it will face a new punishment…. Problems like AIDS did not exist before.”
He ruled that homosexuals were a lower form of life, saying, “Even animals,… dogs and pigs, do not engage in this disgusting practice.” Actually, homosexuality has been found in dogs and pigs. In fact, homosexuality has been found in every species where researchers have looked for it.
Javadi-Amoli said western politicians “who pass laws in favor of them [gays and lesbians] in their parliaments” are also lower than pigs and dogs.