In a survey of Amerin Mlims, 0% intified as lbian or gay. Here's the story behd that statistic | CNN

Contents:

• A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
• COMG OUT: GROWG UP GAY AND MLIM AMERI
• IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
• CAN ONE BE MLIM AND GAY?
• HOW DO YOU SAY GAY ARABIC?
• CAN A MLIM BE GAY?
• WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM
• EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI

A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'

Onle imam je rekao Abdullahu da postoji ijma (konsenz) u panju homoseksualnosti – koja se fira kao analni seks među muškarcima – da je to jedan od glavnih grijeha i da opravdavanje toga vodi do kua (nevjerstva).

(Mlim Matters, From a same-sex attracted Mlim: Between nial of realy and distortn of relign) Problem je što se argument kušnje koristi za lju s posebnim potrebama, a gayevi nisu takva kategorija ljudi.

U slučaju homoseksualnosti, jači dokaz se javlja iz konsenza profnalnih stucija ljučujući Američku asocijaciju psihologa, Američku akamiju pedijatara, Američku medicsku asocijaciju i Libansku medicsku asocijaciju za seksualno zdravlje.

COMG OUT: GROWG UP GAY AND MLIM AMERI

Štaviše, opsjednutost gay genom nije prodtivna u razmatranju homoseksualnosti, posebno zato što u islamu riječ seksualnih manja može bi prihvaćena, na temelju prisege. Čak i ako se ispravi kriva kulturna rmiranost, razdvajanjem problema mlimanske LGBT omlade od eksploatacijske perastije, zabrjavajuće je to što religijske terpretacije strogo zabranjuju homoseksualne eksprije. (Brown, The Shariah, Homosexualy & Safeguardg Each Other’s Rights a Pluralist Society) Na sreću za Abdullaha, hanefijska pravna škola odbacuje smrtnu kaznu za homoseksualizam zasnovano na tome da logika qiyasa (analogije) ne može bi primijenjena na Had kazne.

(The Tim of India, Homosexualy immoral, but not crimal: Relig lears) Ipak ovo nije od pomoći Adbullahu jer on ne živi na Zapadu gdje je panje kazni sporno.

(Jahangir and Abdullatif, 2016) Uprkos svom učenju, Abdullah zna da oni koji se vo prostim py-paste tekstom, najčešće ignoriraju pažljive refleksije, humaniziraju homoseksualne muškarce, svo ih na pi seksualni č i tvrdoglavo trajavaju na vlastom kapricu i nastojanjima da zaniječu timnost, privlačnost i partnerstvo gay muškarcima. It is this view and mixed msag that often leave young gay Mlims feelg nfed and alone, torn between the fear of beg disowned by fay and fah and nyg their sexual inti. And given the myriad social challeng facg Amerin Mlims general, om ernment monorg to discrimatn, the prsur n leave some gay Mlims feelg like a dual mory, isolated wh and outsi their muni.

IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC

But some young gay Mlims are challengg this arrangement, risg the fields of polics, media, art and activism and workg to create a more clive Amerin Islam.

And while the tradn remas that homosexualy is a s Islam, there is a growg movement of scholars, activists and relig lears rereadg sourc and pullg om them ias of tolerance and social change.

“The tth is that durg Prophet Muhammad’s days, he appoted the first female imam, and gay people were not persecuted for beg gay, ” said Ani Zonneveld, founr of Mlims for Progrsive Valu, a Los Angel–based anizatn that advot for women’s rights and lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr equaly. She is a trailblazer, helpg create the kd of safe spac Islam that young gay Mlims like Omar and Sara seek, has officiated at the Islamic weddg of a lbian uple and challeng the tablishment by leadg prayers — a task women are tradnally not allowed to do. “And this sounds silly, but even on social media, on Facebook, I’ll let some pictur go on there that uld really be perceived as gay, and my fay n see that.

CAN ONE BE MLIM AND GAY?

Ani Zonneveld says she receiv lls regularly om young gay and lbian Mlims who have been threatened by their fay or are aaid to reveal their sexual inty.

Now, Qadhi often prefac his remarks about homosexualy by notg that “feelgs and clatns” are not themselv sful, and that homosexual acts should not be sgled out for special nmnatn.

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.

HOW DO YOU SAY GAY ARABIC?

Furthermore, the Quran even mentns "men who are not need of women" (which n be terpreted as men who are gay or asexual) Verse 24:31-24:33, and the men are not nmned anywhere. It's okay to be a Mlim who don't nform to a homophobic or transphobic view of Islam, the same way that other aspects of Islam have evolved and changed over time. WikiHow has articl that may assist you g out, such as (but not limed to) How to Come Out, How to Come Out As Gay or Lbian, How to Come Out As Transgenr, How to Come Out to Your Friends, and How to Come Out to Your Parents.

CAN A MLIM BE GAY?

If other Mlims tell you that you aren't a te follower of Islam bee you're LGBT+, you may wish to script a rponse such as, "Actually, the Prophet Lut was nmng the celti occurrg Sodom, and he nmned rape rather than homosexualy.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blsgs be upon His this fatwa:As a Mlim gay, you mt rolve to cease om this sful sexual activy and return to Allah, seekg His should be keen on performg your prayers regularly, and always get yourself more volved Islamic should foc on gog to the mosque, rece the Quran on a daily basis, and attend Islamic class. Try to be away om any pany that do not remd you of chary to the poor and the needy wh the tentn to purify yourself and expiate your ssHomosexualy: A grave s IslamOne of the most tragic and nsequential ss which a man engag is homosexualy. } (An-Nisaa’ 4:17)Glad Tidgs to SnersMoreover, the Glor Quran giv glad tidgs to penent people who havg mted ss such as za (adultery) or homosexualy regretted their ss, termed not to do them once aga, and performed righteo eds that Allah will replace their ss wh hasanat (rewards).

The Orlando shootg was a hate crime agast gay people – even if, once emerged that the attacker had been a Mlim, many people claimed this as a terrorist attack rather than a hate crime. Sce the massacre there has been a lot of speculatn about Islam and homosexualy and there are fears that one man’s spible act of terrorism uld fan the flam of Islamophobia and other forms of social excln, leadg to disrd and unrt an era of elevated Islamophobia. They tend to draw on the story of Lot the Koran (also the Old Ttament) which reunts the stctn of the tribe of Lot allegedly due to their engagement homosexual acts as “evince” for God’s nmnatn of homosexualy.

WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM

In my rearch to attus ncerng homosexualy among sampl of first and send-generatn Brish Mlims of Pakistani scent, I found that attus tend to be largely negative. Although rearch to attus towards homosexualy the general populatn pots to mographic variabl, such as age and level of tn, as key termants of the nature of attus, this has not been the se my own work wh Brish Mlims. Moreover, there was a fundamental rejectn of sentialist arguments ncerng the origs of sexual orientatn – that people are born gay and that they do not “choose” to be gay – and terviewe often argued that people had “chosen” to be gay.

Some people spoke fondly of their LGBT iends, neighbours and acquatanc, suggtg that first-hand ntact may challenge homophobia which exists at an abstract, nceptual level.

In view of the generally negative attus towards homosexualy Mlim muni and the silence that n surround discsns of sexualy, most of my Mlim gay terviewe have manifted a poor self-image and low psychologil well-beg. It is easy to see how belief the negativy of homosexualy om the perspective of one’s fah (which, untls studi has emerged as an important inty among Brish Asian Mlims) uld e some gay Mlims to velop ternalised homophobia and, some s, to doubt the thenticy of their Mlim inty. Ccially, makg sense of the “” unrlyg their sexual orientatn, some gay Mlims were of the view that they had “bee” gay as a rult of their social environment and nsequently blamed Brish society:.

EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI

I’m gay bee I was brought up here [ Bra] but I reckon if I’d been brought up Pakistan then I would have turned out straight bee this don’t happen that much there. As I’ve wrten elsewhere, the Eastenrs storyle ncerng Syed Mehmood, a gay Mlim character who stggl to e out to his parents, generated some discsn the Brish Mlim muny and led some dividuals to acknowledge the existence of homosexualy wh their muny. In addn to improvg relatns between groups, is likely that this exercise will have posive out for well-beg among those dividuals who self-intify as Mlim and gay.

Growg up an environment which you are led to believe that your sexual orientatn is wrong, sful or symptomatic of mental illns n lead to profound social and psychologil challeng, cludg ternalised homophobia, low self-teem, prsn and, some s, suicidal thoughts. But if is te that he was a closeted homosexual – was reported that he had ed gay datg applitns and equented gay bars, cludg the one that he attacked – he clearly had a very difficult relatnship wh this aspect of his inty. There is already some empiril evince that homophobia is associated wh homosexual aroal, which suggts that homophobia might be a means of distancg homosexualy om one’s sense of self.

While those who fall to s but still rema te to their ttimony for Allah, are Islamic Defn of GaynsIt is very important to clarify fns before talkg about l and Judgments.