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New Islamic criminal laws took effect in Brunei on Wednesday that make gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning offenders to death. ... Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah instituted the code in 2014 to bolster the influence of Islam in the oil-rich monarchy of around 430,000 people, two-thirds of whom are Muslim.

CELEBS TO BOYCOTT BRUNEI-OWNED HOTELS

Spearheaded by actor George Clooney, the boycott has been joined by the likes of Sharon Stone, Elton John, Jamie Lee Curtis, George Takei and others, who refuse to patronise the Brunei-owned establishments. The boycott started when Brunei announced the death penalty for homosexual sex and adultery will begin on April 3. Brunei has been ruled for 51 years by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah as an absolute monarchy. While homosexuality is already illegal there, it will now become a capital offense.

The Brunei-owned hotels are The Dorchester and 45 Park Lane in London, Cowarth Park in the UK, The Beverly Hills Hotel, Hotel Bel-Air both in California, Le Meurice and Hotel Plaza Athenee in Paris, France, Hotel Eden in Rome and Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan, both in Italy.

Personally I would boycott everying! You know don't SELL them anything and don't buy their goods either let alone stay in the hotels where the likes of you and I cannot afford to stay anyway but hey, I am not knocking it, the boycott by the rich could at least have an affect!

But you know guilt by association is a powerful thing . . . . . . .