Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed has risked anger and jury to further the e of gay Mlims. Ten years after he tablished Europe's first clive mosque, he explor what has changed.
Contents:
- A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
- GAY MEANG IN URDU
- CAN A MLIM BE GAY?
A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
* gay in islam in urdu *
The term homosexual was ed 19th century Europe but s tegorisatn for the people the Indian subntent had existed long before. The lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) activism emerged South Asia the aftermath of the ntroversy surroundg the 1996 Indian-Canadian film Fire, wrten and directed by Deepa Mehta which starred Shabana Azmi and Nanda Das. Followg this ntentn, Ruth Vana and Saleem Kidwai prented an outstandg array of wrgs on same-sex relatnships drawn om two thoand years of Indian lerature to highlight the prevalence of homosexual them om centuri earlier.
One of the explic aims of their work is to unter homophobic myths existg India, and elsewhere, that homosexualy was imported om the Wt and was supprsed by the East. The relatnship of homosexualy, ntug ghazal tradn and the newly novated rekhti tradn is not only one of differenc, but they appear to be dialogue wh the norms of the society which they were begotten and reached the pnacle of their fame. This ambivalence is explored CM Naim’s famo article, “The theme of homosexual love pre-morn Urdu poetry, ” where the apologists’ jtifitn regardg the certu surroundg the genr bate of the ghazal tradn is chalked out orr to fend agast homosexualy.
The very fact that the apologists go to lengths to fend the genre uld reveal three extremely divergent viewpots: one; where the ghazal tradn has no affiliatn or clatn towards homosexualy and the need to fend aris agast the morn day misreadg of the genre, two; where the ghazal tradn provis an exprsn of homosexualy whout havg any lk or bearg wh and to the society which was wrten and reced, and three; where the ghazal tradn rporat the theme of homosexualy eher bee the notn of homosexualy like many other kds of sexual orientatn and love, found no acceptance society or alternatively, bee was a thorough reflectn of a tolerant society.
GAY MEANG IN URDU
Gay Meang Urdu is خوش - Khh Urdu Meang. The most accurate translatn of Gay, Khh English to Urdu dictnary wh Defn Synonyms and Antonyms words. * gay in islam in urdu *
If the fact that homosexualy was exprsed the Urdu ghazal tradn but had no nnectn wh the society which was begotten and reced, then this theme be a mere tool for athetic pleasure. This immediately means that the ghazal uld not simply be for purpos of amement and would need to enpass them known to the dience eher through their own experienc (their practice of homosexualy) or through the them’ prevalence and acceptance the society they habed (tolerance for homosexualy). If the Urdu ghazals of the 18th and 19th centuri exprs homosexualy acrdg to the social i which they were produced, was the exprsn of homosexualy this genre a platform for the enunciatn of supprsed sire or a reflectn of the tolerant attus of the time?
Homosexualy, this way, seems to be one of the unacceptable forms of love the Indian subntent which found exprsn the Urdu ghazals.
Indian society has never looked upon homosexualy wh the horror and anxiety that have characterised wtern rpons to sce the early morn perd. In summary, therefore, is safe to say the attu of the society through multiple layers and cultural lens nclus that homosexual exprsn was a symptom of the re-imagatn of poetry as a social stutn wh a role to play the life of s lguistic muny. While I am not entirely sure but if two gays fondle each other, that may clu kissg and other body parts, the punishment might be ls severe.
CAN A MLIM BE GAY?
As a rult, their beliefs on issu relatg to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people nnot be easily summarized. However, acrdg to a recent survey by Public Relign Rearch Center, more than half (52%) of Amerin Mlims ageed that "society should approve of homosexualy. The basis for this attu of acceptance is the belief that a person is born transgenr but choos to be homosexual, makg homosexualy a s.