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would have to "take care of his wife from A–Z". In the same interview, Salmann explained that a Muslim can't be homosexual, the religion does not allow that. He said he wouldn't deny a same-sex matrimony in his congregation, even though homosexuality is considered a sin in Islam, as it is in other religions. He also explained that, according to the Qur'an, homosexuality is not a deadly sin, as other people had stated before, that the Qur'an explains that homosexuals should be "reasoned with and directed to the right path".
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Icelandic authorities to have her judged as an unfit mother. Amal claims that
Salmann felt her daughters were not safe in her home because of her relationship with a Christian man. However, this has been disputed. Although Amal did start relationship with Icelandic man, the man was Salman’s former son-in-law, which resulted in Salman disowning her. In 2014, Amal said that she and Salmann are not on speaking terms.
226:. In 2010, Salmann said that the Association of Muslims in Iceland would never raise funds abroad to build a mosque; by accepting funds abroad one jeopardised losing the reins of control. His successor, however, said that funds for the mosque would be raised abroad, including Muslims in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
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In a television interview on 18 June 2014, Salmann discussed the role of men and women. The wife can be "the head of the family", because in most cases, she raises the children and controls their dietary habits, whilst it can be demanding for a man to be "the head of the family", especially when they
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In a radio programme on 28 May 2014, Salmann expressed the view that thieves should have their hands cut off. When his comments caused an outrage
Salmann insisted that he had not meant what he said. Salmann made news when he proposed to bring charges for hate-speech against some of the people who had
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The Tamimi's requested to have the spelling of their name changed from Tamimi to Tamímí since that corresponds more precisely with spelling in the language but the naming committee rejected the applications saying there was no permission in the naming laws to make any changes at all to surnames.
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and her children to move to
Iceland in 1995, where Amal became the second foreign-born person (and the first foreign-born woman) to sit in the Icelandic parliament. Later, Amal accused Salmann to disown her over her partnership with an Icelandic man. According to Amal, Salmann tried to persuade
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made personal comments about him in this connection. However, in a television interview on 18 June 2014 Salmann reiterated that he supported amputation as a punishment for theft, just as murderers deserve the death penalty, unless "the family of the deceased does not forgive them".
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Salmann's first partner was Þórstína Björg Þorsteinsdóttir, with whom he had María Björg Tamimi and Nadia Tamimi. In the mid-1980s, he married Ingibjörg Sigurjónsdóttir, with whom he had Yousef Ingi Tamimi and Nazima Kristín Tamimi; the couple have five children together.
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118:. His father was Salim (Saleem) Abu Khaled al Tamimi, a businessman and passionate activist, and his mother Salim's second wife Nazima abu Rajabb al Tamimi; his elder siblings are, in order of age, Younes, Rawda, Safah, Amneh, along with his younger sister
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703:"Salmann segir að tala þurfi samkynhneigða til - Vísir"
554:"Iceland: Mosque plan supporters 'register as Muslims'"
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