Dr Abdullah Hakim Quick is engaging in the form of obfuscation and evasion that we’re used very to by now: “I was taken out of context… um, I was only quoting scripture… blah, blah, blah…”
So, let’s remind ourselves of this key bit of audio. Dr Quick, in a clearly modern context, responds to the idea that a group of gay Muslims has started up by reminding them that the punishment is death. “Put my name in the paper,” he says defiantly.
Well, his name is now in the paper.