Malaysia seeks stricter sharia laws against ‘LGBT lifestyle’

People wearing protective masks cross a bridge, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia January 4, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng)

A Malaysian government taskforce on Thursday proposed amendments to sharia law that would allow action to be taken against social media users for insulting Islam and “promoting the LGBT lifestyle”.

Sodomy and same-sex acts are illegal under Islamic law in…