Lut’s People: The stggle to be gay & Mlim South Ai - IWMF

Contents:

• I'M GAY AND MLIM. I SAW MYSELF THE QURAN
• LUT’S PEOPLE: THE STGGLE TO BE GAY & MLIM SOUTH AI
• IS BEG GAY HARAM?

I'M GAY AND MLIM. I SAW MYSELF THE QURAN

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.

All of genrs mentned above cludg lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr are men ma and is all psychologil aspects not somethg natural. Al-Sadr’s backers also staged an angry prott the southern cy of Karbla followg Friday prayers and torched the Swedish flag and the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr banner, acrdg to Iraq’s pennt webse Alsumaria News. How Amerin Mlims Mt Rpond to Orlando Israel's First Gay Major General Is No Cse for Pri The Real Opprsors of Gaza's Gay Communy Beit Pri Canceled After Organizer Detaed by Authori Lebanon last year beme the first Arab untry to hold a gay pri week, though the openg event was nceled bee of safety ncerns after threats of vlence.

>> After Orlando: Amerin Mlims mt challenge our muny's homophobia || Opn >> The ath penalty stead om the Hadh, or acunts of the saygs of the Prophet Muhammad. Acrdg to ISIS' radil terpretatn of Islam, gays should be thrown om a high buildg then stoned if they are not ad when they h the ground. The group bas this gome punishment on one acunt which the Prophet Muhammad reportedly said gays "should be thrown om tremendo height then stoned.

LUT’S PEOPLE: THE STGGLE TO BE GAY & MLIM SOUTH AI

Across the Arab world, gays have been arrted and sentenced to prison on charg lked to "bchery" - and faced floggg or even the ath penalty Iran and Sdi Arabia. In Egypt, there have been police raids of spected gay gathergs and people have been put on trial g a vague legal text that equat homosexualy wh prostut and tri gays for "vlatg public moraly.

" "Middle Eastern and North Ain untri have nounced the Orlando shootg when at the same time they crimalize homosexualy wh sentenc rangg om years prison to the ath penalty, " said Ahmed Benchemsi, munitns and advocy director for the Middle East and North Ai at Human Rights Watch.

IS BEG GAY HARAM?

|| Opn >> In ntrast to much of the regn, Israel is wily tolerant of the LGBT muny, and Tel Aviv holds a massive annual gay pri para. While homosexualy is not illegal Afghanistan, gays fear the nsequenc of disclosg their inti, cludg police harassment and ath threats. Fear Of Persecutn Many gays the nservative Mlim world keep their sexual orientatn secret for fear of reprisal by relativ and others.

In Syria, al-Qaida's lol branch as well as other Islamic surgent groups battlg ISIS, have also killed gays and some homosexuals have had to flee the untry for their own safety. Like other forms of sex, homosexualy would only be bad when to abe, excs or vlatn of public morn gay and lbian Mlim activists disagree wh this terpretatn, argug that the people of Lot were stroyed not bee of participatn same-sex acts, but bee of miseds which clud refg to worship one God, disregardg the thory of the Prophets, and attemptg to rape the travelers, a crime ma even worse by the fact that the travelers were unr Lot's protectn and hospaly (for example: Kuggle, Stt, and Stephen Hunt. It is also often helpful to "gay" the subject (to ce siar exampl om other ntexts; such as parg Islamophobia to homophobia; we do not want eher).

If gay men or lbian women kiss each other on the street or walk hand hand, this is also seen by many people as irratg or provotive. 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.