The official fictn, Brian Whaker explas, is that gay people don’t exist the Middle East. They do – and for many of them, attus of fay and society are a bigger problem than fear of beg persecuted
Contents:
- EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI
- AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI
In , Imam Ludovic shows the way to an unrstandg of Islam that affirms all people, challeng the domant homophobic narrative; and, ccially, is historilly, theologilly, and spirually thentic. SEXUALITY/DIVERSITY IN ISLAM – A LITERARY ZIKR PROJECTOn behalf of Mlims for Progrsive Valu, Tynan Power produced an adaptatn of "Sexual Diversy Islam: Is there room Islam for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Mlims? He shows that mon punishments for homosexualy Islamic untri have no basis the Qur’an or sunnah (the rerd of the exemplary life of the Prophet Muhammad).
Kugle’s work shows that lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Mlims do ed serve a place Islam. LGBTQI LECTURE SERIESIn partnership wh Imam Daayiee Abdullah, Mlims for Progrsive Valu prents a lecture seri that seeks to dismantle the relig jtifitn for homophobia Mlim muni wh medil, social and relig history.
Homosexualy, islam, and the rights of lgbtg peopleFor the first time history an openly queer Imam, Imam Muhs Hendricks, livered a short lecture entled "Homosexualy, Islam, and the Rights of LGBTQ People", the Urdu language. The sermon, which specifilly vers the story of Lut, which is often ed to jtify vlent homophobia Mlim societi, was also rerd English for those outsi of Pakistan and India to view and enjoy.
AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
E: I lerally knew nobody else that, you know, intified as such - plenty of Christians, even some Jewish dividuals, but not Other relig muni are havg the same ternal stggl about cln and homophobia.
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Salaam is a volunteer-n anizatn that advot for social jtice and addrs the tersectg issu around homophobia, transphobia, and Islamophobia/racism. CALEM received the SOS Homophobia 2010, was supported by the European Council 2012, was an advisor to the Brish urt of jtice to the stat of refuge, was advisor to the French ernment regardg the law on marriage for all, and advisor to the nstutn of ILGA Ai (Biggt LGBT NGO worldwi). Acrdg to the kgdom’s relig police, the school was fed 100, 000 riyals ($26, 650) for displayg “the emblem of the homosexuals” on s buildg, one of s admistrators was jailed and the offendg parapet was swiftly repated to match a blue rabow-ee se of the gaily pated school shows how progrs one part of the world n have adverse effects elsewhere and serv as a remr that there are plac where the nnectn between rabows and LGBT rights is eher new or yet to be Afghanistan, only a few years ago, there was a craze for ratg rs wh rabow stickers – which Che factori were only too happy to supply.