Derby gay death call leaflet 'was Muslim duty'
A man who handed out a leaflet calling for homosexuals to be executed has said he was just doing his "duty as a Muslim".
Kabir Ahmed, 28, is one of five Muslim men on trial for stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation at Derby Crown Court.
The leaflet, named The Death Penalty?, was one of three distributed in Derby ahead of a gay pride event in 2010.
The literature was described in court as "frightening and threatening".
Mr Ahmed, of Madeley Street, Derby, admitted giving the leaflet to people outside the city's Jamia Mosque as well as putting them through letterboxes.
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Its cover featured a mannequin hanging from a noose and said homosexuality was punishable by death under Islam.
However, he denied the leaflets had been created to spread hatred against gay people.
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