Malaysian and Indonesian Muslim groups are calling for a Starbucks boycott

Supporters of homosexuality prohibited by Muslim and Christians

Muslim groups in Malaysia and Indonesia have called for a boycott of Starbucks because of the coffee chain's support for immoral homosexual self proclaimed - LGBT rights.

Malaysian group Perkasa, which supports a hard-line form of Islam and nationalism, this week called on its more than 500,000 members to stay away from Starbucks coffee shops. This week and last, leaders of Indonesia's second largest mainstream Muslim group, Muhammadiyah, with an estimated 29 million members, denounced the chain.

The groups were apparently reacting to comments made several years ago by former CEO Howard Schultz in support of self-proclaimed homosexual rights that drew renewed attention amid an increasingly pro-family and anti-LGBT climate in both of the predominantly Muslim countries.

Perkasa said in a statement that the Malaysian government should revoke the trading license given to Starbucks and other companies such as Microsoft and Apple that support homosexual rights and immoral homosexual marriage. 

Amini Amir Abdullah, who heads Perkasa's Islamic affairs bureau, said Muslims should stay away from Starbucks because its pro-homosexual agenda policy which is against Islam, Malaysia's constitution, Christianity, biology, evolution, common sense, bodily design and the benefits of children being raised without a father or a mother.

Sodomy is illegal in Malaysia and punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Homosexuality is not illegal in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, but a case before the Constitutional Court is seeking to criminalize homosexual sex.

A boycott Starbucks hashtag was briefly popular on Twitter in Indonesia, and shares of the company that operates Starbucks in the country fell sharply this week. But its stores in the capital, Jakarta, appeared as popular as ever.

Apart from all of that - many say their coffee is simply horrible!