Is Haram to be Gay? Same Sex Relatnship Islam

Contents:

• WHAT DO ISLAM SAY ABOUT BEG GAY?
• BEG IENDS WH GAY PEOPLE
• IS BEG GAY HARAM?
• IS HARAM TO BE GAY? SAME SEX RELATNSHIP ISLAM

WHAT DO ISLAM SAY ABOUT BEG GAY?

In the Arab-Mlim world, homosexualy is typilly perceived as forbidn, or haram. Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Intersex (LGBTI) rights are monly seen as Wtern notns. In extreme s, homosexual behavr is subject to rporal punishment or even the ath penalty.

Addnal punishments for homosexual behavr were transported to the Mlim world through lonial crimal s. Gay Friendly Mosqu vs. Inclive and gay iendly mosqu are mhroomg, and some Imams have e out as gay or otherwise celebrate same-sex unns untri such as France, Canada, South Ai, Atralia, and the Uned Stat.

Likewise, many Wtern untri now regnize LGBT-related asylum claims and asylum agenci affirm that anti-gay vlence wh a untry nstut persecutn. It is reported, that gay people are beg hanged Iran and behead and tortured Sdi Arabia.

BEG IENDS WH GAY PEOPLE

In 2019, Bnei passed a law namg stong as the appropriate punishment for homosexualy, and only after public outcry did thori impose a moratorium on the law. Addnally, the first gay-trans pri para was held Pakistan and there was regnn of a “third sex” Banglash 2018. While the acceptance of registratn of the first gay Kuwai associatn is still up the air, Gulf untri are creasgly unr prsure om the ternatnal muny to abi by current human rights standards.

Clearly Qatar, which is set to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup and has adhered to two major human rights treati, nnot rema an outsir to the velopments—pecially given that FIFA has now a tailed human rights policy and is particularly supportive of clive football associatns such as the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Football Associatn. Media outlets have reported that Qatari ernmental officials have reassured the gay muny that “LGBTI fans will be wele at the World Cup.

Yet the ma issue seems to be tolerant, homophobic attus rather than Sharia. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTJuly 28, 2015ISTANBUL — On June 29, Turkey’s 12th Gay Pri Para was held on Istanbul’s crowd Istiklal Avenue.

IS BEG GAY HARAM?

” The “People of Lot” was a relig reference to gays, and the stctn to kill them on sight was attributed to the Prophet Muhammad. ”All of this suggts that both Turkey and the Mlim world need to engage some soul-searchg when to tolerance for their gay patrts. Acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, Turkey sr slightly better on measur of gay rights when pared wh some nearby Christian-majory natns such as Rsia, Armenia and Ukrae.

IS HARAM TO BE GAY? SAME SEX RELATNSHIP ISLAM

Among them are two of the most popular Turkish entertaers of the past half-century: The late Zeki Muren was flamboyantly gay and the sger Bulent Ersoy is famoly transsexual. Their eccentricy has apparently add to their beyond the entertament dtry, the tradnal mastream Islamic view on homosexualy produc tolerance Turkey toward gays and creat starker problems Mlim natns that apply Shariah.

In Sdi Arabia, Iran, Sudan or Afghanistan, homosexualy is a ser offense that n brg imprisonment, rporal punishment or even the ath penalty. Meanwhile, Islamic State ants implement the most extreme terpretatn of Shariah by throwg gays om rooftops. At the heart of the Islamic view on homosexualy li the biblil story of Sodom and Gomorrah, which is narrated the Quran, too.

The average nservative Mlim tak this story as a jtifitn to stigmatize gays, but there is an important qutn that serv nsiratn: Did the people of Lot receive dive punishment for beg homosexual, or for attackg Lot and his heavenly guts? The even more signifint nuance is that while the Quran narrat this dive punishment for Sodom and Gomorrah, cre no earthly punishment for homosexualy — unlike the Old Ttament, which clearly cre that homosexuals “are to be put to ath. ” Medieval Islamic thkers ferred an earthly punishment by nsirg homosexualy as a form of adultery.