For Mlims generally, as for nservative Christians, homosexual acts are sful. Christian gays and lbians have had to work hard for a measure of regnn among fellow-believers; their Mlim unterparts are jt begng that stggle.
Contents:
- HOMOSEXUALY AND ISLAM: WHAT DO THE QUR’AN ACTUALLY SAY ABOUT GAY PEOPLE?
- WHAT DO THE KORAN SAY ABOUT BEG GAY?
- WHAT DO ISLAM SAY ABOUT BEG GAY?
HOMOSEXUALY AND ISLAM: WHAT DO THE QUR’AN ACTUALLY SAY ABOUT GAY PEOPLE?
However, some mentators of the Holy Qur'an, cludg Qadi Thanllah Panipati, are of the view that verse 16 refers to homosexual act mted between two mal.
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WHAT DO THE KORAN SAY ABOUT BEG GAY?
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.
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. The crime of homosexualy is one of the greatt of crim, the worst of ss and the most abhorrent of eds, and Allah punished those who did a way that He did not punish other natns. “Bee the evil nsequenc of homosexualy are among the worst of evil nsequenc, so s punishment is one of the most severe of punishments this world and the Hereafter.
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, Khalid ibn al-Walid, ‘Abd-Allah ibn al-Zubayr, ‘Abd-Allah ibn ‘Abbas, Malik, Ishaq ibn Rahawayh, Imam Ahmad acrdg to the more sound of the two reports om him and al-Shafi’i acrdg to one of his opns, were of the view that the punishment for homosexualy should be more severe than the punishment for za, and the punishment is executn all s, whether the person is married or not. Al-Shafi`i, acrdg to the well-known view of his madhhab, and Imam Ahmad acrdg to the other report narrated om him, were of the view that the punishment for the homosexual should be the same as the punishment for the adulterer. Imam Abu Hanifah was of the view that the punishment for the homosexual should be ls severe than the punishment for the adulterer, and is a punishment to be termed by the judge (ta’zir).
WHAT DO ISLAM SAY ABOUT BEG GAY?
Those who favoured the first view, who are the majory of the ummah – and more than one scholar narrated that there was nsens among the Companns on this pot – said that there is no s that brgs worse nsequenc than homosexualy, and they are send only to the evil nsequenc of ku, and they may be worse than the nsequenc of murr, as we shall see below sha Allah.
E., that the evil nsequenc of homosexualy are worse than those of murr) is the fact that the se of murr, Allah giv the next of k the choice: if he wish he may have him executed and if he wish he may let him off, but He enjoed executg the homosexual as a hadd punishment, as the Companns of the Msenger of Allah were unanimoly agreed, and as is clearly dited by the Sunnah of the Msenger of Allah (peace and blsgs of Allah be upon him) and there is no evince to the ntrary; rather this is what his Companns and the Rightly-Guid Caliphs (may Allah be pleased wh them all) did.
‘Abd-Allah ibn ‘Abbas said: The hight pot the town should be found and the homosexual should be thrown head first om , then ston should be thrown at him. He cursed those who do a variety of major ss, but he did not curse any of them more than once, but he repeated the curse for the homosexual three tim.