In mostly non-Islamic Lesotho, HIV infects about 24% of the population. 50% of women under 40 are infected.
In mostly Islamic Niger, HIV infects about 1% of the population.
In mostly non-Islamic Cameroon, HIV infects about 16% of the population.
In mostly Islamic Mauritania, HIV infects less than 1% of the population.
In mostly non-Islamic Swaziland, HIV infects about 26% of the population, and 50% of adults in their twenties.
In Islamic Senegal, less than 1% of the population is infected with HIV.
In non-Islamic Zambia, HIV infects 15% of the population.
In Islamic Mali, HIV infects 1.3% of the population.
In non-Islamic Malawi, HIV infects about 14% of the population.
In mostly Islamic Sierra Leone, 1.7% of the population is infected with HIV.
In non-Islamic Zimbabwe, HIV infects about 15% of the population.
Islam in blue, HIV in red.
http://www.aidsinafrica.net/map.php
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/africa_islam_87.jpg
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What's your point here? That the best way to stop the spread of HIV is to take the cue from the Islamic world and round up the homosexuals and execute them?
I was reading about the epidemic of HIV in Swaziland, which poses an "existential threat" to the very existence of that nation, where 26% of the population is infected, and there really aren't enough able-bodied citizens left to carry on the ordinary business of society.
This was worse than I expected, and I expected the news to be very bad anyway.
So I looked at the statistics of HIV in a few other countries, and noticed the striking correlation which I sketched here. It isn't exactly common knowledge, although it isn't exactly surprising, either.