Soumia Akachar, Stuck between Islamophobia and Homophobia: Applyg Intersectnaly to Unrstand the Posn of Gay Mlim Inti the Netherlands, DiGeSt. Journal of Diversy and Genr Studi, Vol. 2, No. 1-2 (2015), pp. 173-187
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Parents have been prottg over relatnship tn, sayg is patible wh their relig valu. Where do the row leave gay Mlims? * lgbt islamophobia *
It is also problematic to generalise lns of people, and this further ntribut to an Orientalist perspective that homogenis the diversy of Mlim muni and thought.
This bigotry disregards the part the wtern world, more specifilly Bra and s former empire, had proselytisg legislative homophobia through s lonial projects the 19th century.
I’d also remend you read up on LGBTQ+ history wh Islamic societi – Islamic Homosexuali: Culture, History and Lerature by Will Rose and Stephen O. 1IntroductnThis year on May 17, Canada’s Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, a poster, promoted unr the spic of a Canadian universy, picted two Mlim women headsrv on the verge of kissg.
Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans people solidary wh Mlim muni unr attack * lgbt islamophobia *
” The poster also featured a biracial homosexual uple, a black heterosexual uple, and a uple nsistg of a fully-abled and a disabled person, alongsi the two Mlim women, wh each uple engagg a romantic act.
The LGBTQ Natn article end wh the followg statement: “Mlim culture isn’t herently anti-gay: the Qur’an says nothg about homosexualy (unlike the Bible); Islamic history is filled wh texts openly pictg homosexualy as a betiful, matter-of-fact thg; and more Amerin Mlims support same-sex marriage than do Christian Evangelils, Prottants, and Mormons, acrdg to a Pew Rearch Study.
”4 The amg of the article as a whole, om s tle to s fal paragraph, portrays Mlims who objected to the poster as unnecsarily “homophobic”: they were prottg a betiful thg that their own relig scripture supposedly do not nmn and that their own history has allegedly celebrated for the end, however, the universy acquiced to the mands of the Mlim muny and pulled the poster down. Even agast the aggrsive agenda of the cultural, polil, and palist el, the Mlim muny sred a small but signifint victory for their fah and favor of tth and elaborated below, Islam’s prohibn of homosexual acts is tegoril, and s teachgs on genr relatns and sexual norms are foundatnal and separable om belief Allah and His revelatn.
Jt havg a chapter on the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny the ntext of a book on Islamophobia and psychiatry is surely ntroversial, plited, and cril. It is ntroversial bee venerated and reputable Mlim scholars argue... * lgbt islamophobia *
Given the prodig changg of the cultural wds, is no longer sufficient for Mlims—and others who disapprove of same-sex relatnships—simply to say that they do not approve of homosexual behavr the same way that they do not approve of drkg or premaral sex between men and women.
The disurse on homosexualy has shifted so quickly and radilly that the old Mlim fens and attus (“It is not our problem, ” “How is this different for Mlims om fornitn or we-drkg?, ” or “Live and let live”) have bee effective and we are nonted wh grave challeng.
To our young, llege-gog Amerin Mlim, who generally champns liberal the name of jtice and love, to say that “beg gay” is haram might be like sayg that beg Arab or South Asian is haram.