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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. 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.
WHAT DO THE KORAN SAY ABOUT BEG GAY?
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WHAT DO ISLAM 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.