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IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
Beg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or any other sexual orientatn or genr inty is difficult enough on s own, but beg Mlim as well n e one to stggle wh rencilg their inty wh Islam and Allah. However,... * muslim lgbt network *
Coordator Ejel Khan joed Lbians & Gays Support the Migrants (LGSM) at Yarl’s Wood Immigrantn Removal Centre. Beg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or any other sexual orientatn or genr inty is difficult enough on s own, but beg Mlim as well n e one to stggle wh rencilg their inty wh Islam and Allah. If you're stgglg to rencile your LGBT+ inty wh your Islamic fah, n help to unrstand that Islam do not explicly forbid beg homosexual or havg a diverse genr inty.
Unrstand that the Quran do not necsarily nmn homosexualy.
Homophobia exists any relign, and sometim, people will grasp at straws jt to prove that they are "right". However, beg gay or bisexual is actually not explicly nmned the Quran, ntrary to what many Islamic schools of thought believe. There are many terpretatns of the Quran, but there's no chapter or verse that directly says homosexualy is an offense.