Top Muslim doctor faces sack for saying 'transsexuals are twisted and society needs protection from gays'

DailyMail.co.uk
James Tozer
10/27/2008

A leading Muslim doctor called for gays to feel 'the stick of the law' to protect society from their 'ravages', a disciplinary hearing was told yesterday. 
Dr Muhammad Siddiq, president of the Islamic Medical Association, wrote to a magazine for GPs accusing homosexuals of spreading disease with their 'irresponsible behaviour', it was claimed.

The 65-year-old, who is currently suspended, faces being struck off after the General Medical Council called for him to explain the comments.  The letter to Pulse magazine, signed by Dr Siddiq and dated July 2, 2007, stated that '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'.

It added: 'Gays and homosexuals, they neither need sympathy or help, what they need is the stick of the law to put them on the right path and mend their ways and behaviour."

That doctor needs a stick of law upside his head. And I hope the word 'sack' in the subject is literal.

People have opinions. *shrug* That all of those I don't find worthy of consideration hasn't surprised me since I was about 10.

This guy has an opinion. Hardly should make him persona non grata. But would simply mean, for me, that I'd find another doctor. Although I personally think it improbable I'd have chosen him as a doctor anyhow.

Nikki