- The government of Iraq has taken a big and tough decision regarding ‘homosexuality’. The country’s media regulator has banned the use of the word homosexuality.
- An order was issued regarding this to all the media and social media companies there. It has been said in the order that all companies should use the term ‘sexual deviation’ instead of ‘homosexuality’.
Iraq
- Iraq is a democratic country located in Middle-East Asia where the people are predominantly Muslim.
- It is bordered by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to the south, Jordan and Syria to the west, Turkey to the north and Iran (Kurdistan Province (Iran)) to the east.
- It is also connected to the Persian Gulf in the southwest direction. Tigris River and Euphrates are its two major rivers which take its history back 5000 years.
- Mesopotamia’s civilization had emerged in its doab itself.