Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Muslim GP Faces Sack over Homophobic Letter

THE INDEPENDENT: The head of the Islamic Medical Association sent a homophobic letter to a magazine for GPs, saying gay people needed the "stick of law to put them on the right path", the General Medical Council heard today.

Dr Muhammad Siddiq was working as a GP at the Walsall Teaching Primary Care Trust when he wrote the letter to Pulse in July last year.

A GMC fitness to practise panel, in Manchester, heard Dr Siddiq's letter read: "There is punishment and fine if you throw rubbish or filth on the streets, the gays are worse than the ordinary careless citizen, they are causing the spread of illness and they are the root cause of many sexually-transmitted diseases.

"They need neither sympathy nor help, what they need is the stick of law to put them on the right path." >>> By Harriet Shawcross, PA | October 28, 2008

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