New
York,
(ANI):
British
pop
icon
Sir
Elton
John
was
banned
from
performing
at
an
upcoming
private
concert
in
Egypt.
According
to
The
Jerusalem
Post,
the
63-year-old
singer,
who
is
openly
homosexual,
was
apparently
barred
from
performing
at
the
May
18
show
by
the
head
of
Egypt"s
Musician
Union
because
of
his
"anti-religious
sentiments."
The
head
of
the
union,
Mounir
al
Wasimi
said
to
a
foreign
news
agency
that
Sir
Elton"s
claim
that
Jesus
was
gay
and
his
demand
for
Middle
Eastern
countries
to
allow
sexual
freedom
amongst
gays
was
ridiculous.
The
multimillionaire
star
sparked
off
controversy
in
February,
when
he
commented
that
there
was
no
tolerance
for
homosexuals
in
the
Middle
East.
"I
don''t
know
what
makes
people
so
cruel.
Try
being
a
gay
woman
in
the
Middle
East
--
you''re
as
good
as
dead," The
New
York
Post
quoted
Sir
Elton
as
telling
U.S.
magazine
Parade.
He
also
claimed
Jesus
was
a
“super-intelligent
gay
man" who
"understood
human
problems."