The Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Muhammad Al Sheikh, affirmed that the crime of homosexuality is one of the most heinous and disgraceful crimes. The Mufti reinforced the Kingdom's firm position regarding its reservations on the UN resolution due to the terms "unrecognized sexual identity and orientation, which contradict its historical Arab and Islamic identity." He considered that "those who commit these crimes are despised by God Almighty, described as disgraceful and shameful in this world and the hereafter."
He added, "God Almighty is protective, and God's jealousy is that the believer commits what He has prohibited; for this reason, God has made immoral acts unlawful." He noted that "the whole world has been afflicted in this era by shameless audacity, false claims, corrupt slogans, and vile deviations aimed at stripping humanity of its dignity and the noble characteristics with which God has honored it."
The Mufti pointed out that "God clearly indicated in His noble Book what He did to the people of Lot for committing the worst crimes in the sight of God. He brought upon them His wrath and severe punishment due to the enormity of their vile crime." He continued, saying, "God did not afflict anyone in the world with this major sin before the people of Lot and punished them with a penalty that He did not impose on any other nation, combining various types of punishment upon them, such as destruction, turning their lands against them, raising them, hurling stones at them from the sky, blinding them, and making their punishment continuous."
He emphasized that "the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia firmly reaffirms its stance against these false claims and disgraceful slogans, emphasizing that human rights, in general, and all that entails goodness, mercy, justice, and righteousness, are based on the laws of God, both ultimately and fundamentally, not in the perverse desires that lead to corruption in the land."
