(4) Melancholy is another possible implication of the practise of homosexuality. It is either the cause of the appearance of melancholy or a major factor for its resurgence.
(5) It is  sufficient enough to douse the sexual passion of man due to the fact that it is not natural, thus having a negative impact on the entire body. A look at the physiology of sexual intercourse and the natural role played by sexual organs during the course of cohabitation shows that it defers greatly from what happens when acts of homosexuality are practised. This shows that it is not natural and therefore cannot satisfy human sexual needs.
(6) Slackness of the muscles of the rectum. Many at times, you notice those who practise homosexuality find it difficult to control themselves when they want to pass faeces due to the slackness or total tearing of the muscles of the rectum, as a result of constant cohabitation.
(7) Above all, homosexuality leads to damage of the moral fabrics that uphold the human society. He who is involved in the act finds it difficult to distinguish between the good and the bad for he has lost his soul, the seat of good morals and human dignity. Thus, he can pounce on a child, result to violence in order to perpetrate this act. Recently, a late popular actor was severally accused of forcing young children to engage in homosexuality with him.

With the above implications, a fight against homosexual act is not only religious, it is a natural obligation on lovers of human dignity and human rights activists.

Punishment

A look at the nature of man exposes him as being disposed to varying indications. Some of these indication are good, while others are evil, bad and injurious to human existence. Therefore, there is the need for a restriction to human defiance which can result from bad inclination as it affects the society negatively.

Allah has narrated to us the story of Prophet Lut and his people and the punishment meted to them when they first came with this evil act. The Quran says. “And remember Lut, when he said to his people.

‘Do you commit the worst sin such as none preceding you has committed in the Alamin (mankind and .....) Verily, you practise your lusts on man instead of women. Nay, but you are a people transgressing beyond bounds by committing great sins. And the answer of his people was only that they said ‘Drive them out of your town, these are indeed men who want to be pure from sins. Then, we saved him and his family except his wife, she was of those who remained behind in the torment. And we rained down on them a rain of stones. Then see what was the end of the Mujrimun (sinners)” (Suratul A’raf: 80-84).

In suratul Hud, Allah says:  “So when our commandment came, we turned the towns of Sodom upside down and rained on them stones of baked day piled up. Marked from your lord and they are not ever far from the Zalimun (evil doers)” (Hud: 82-83).

From the aforementioned verses of the Quran, it is obvious that Allah destroyed the first set of people to embark on this act by turning their towns upside down while they were thereafter pelted with stones.

Since this act is one of the most criminal acts in Islam, equally its punishment is one of the greatest. All Muslim scholars agreed that death is the basic judgement such individuals deserve. This is in line with the saying of Prophet Muhammad as reported by Ibn Abbas: “If anyone is caught committing the act of the people of Lut, kill both the committer and the person with whom the act is committed” (Abu Dawud).

However, there is a divergence of opinions on the methodology to be used in executing the punishment. While some scholars such as Abu bakr and Ali were of the view that such a person should be beheaded and set on fire thereafter, Umar and Uthman thought the wall should be fell on him. To Ibn Abbas, he should be taken to the tallest building in the town, thrown upside down while some men stand on the ground waiting to meet him with stone in replication of the destruction done to the people of Lut by Allah.

Even though the punishment stipulated by the Nigerian Senate is not in any way close to the crimes of homosexuality and the punishment stipulated by Islam, it is, nonetheless, a step in the right direction.

Therefore, the legislators deserve commendation.

International pressure
It is not strange that the international community has come hard on this step of the legislators. A cursory look has shown that Western civilisation is on the brink of collapse. Every civilisation that ever emerged in the world did so on the basis of good moral values, while their downfall came as a result of the loss of these same virtues.

They cannot but cry aloud as most of their leaders are alleged to be involved in the act. However, it is surprising that countries that claim to believe in democracy could criticise a decision taken by majority of the parliamentarians. Equally, they can afford to practise all sorts of absurdity since they have reached the apex waiting for decline. We cannot afford to jettison moral values as a developing nation.

I therefore advise our leaders to put the nation and its people first since they were elected by them and not by the foreign leaders.

Sirajudeen Bakrin is Chief Imam, Eberu Oluwa Central Mosque, Oke Bola, Ibadan.