The activist and preacher accused Ousmane Sonko of 'tolerating homosexuality' during a student forum.
The subject of gay rights came up at a student forum attended by French politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Senegal's Prime Minster Ousmane Sonko
Activist Bah Diakhate and Imam Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Ndao were jailed for three months and fined 100,000 CFA francs each. Homosexual acts are banned in the mainly Muslim West African country and are punishable by up to five years in prison. Mr Mélenchon gave his opinion about same-sex marriages at a student forum in the capital, Dakar, in mid-May.In response Mr Sonko said that Western countries should show restraint on social matters such as LGBTQ rights as it could "lead to anti-Western sentiment".
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