&gt;<i>The conservative advocates of Sharia who execute people for their sexual orientation are executing people who live right now in those countries</i><p>Yes. So other countries should not encourage the tolerant co-patriots of those fanatics to adopt their attitudes -- e.g. by showing a plundering, hypocritical and hateful face of western democracies that destabilize the region, arm dangerous fanatics like ISIS and Laden, meddle in their politics, pillage their resources, and while condemning backwards islamism at the same time hi-five equally backwards Saudi regimes.<p>Because that&#x27;s what has been happening. All of these countries were much more tolerant and humane 30 and even 50 years ago.