Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed has risked anger and jury to further the e of gay Mlims. Ten years after he tablished Europe's first clive mosque, he explor what has changed.
Contents:
- A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
- CAN A MLIM BE GAY?
- EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI
- IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
- GAY PEOPLE ARE RECLAIMG AN ISLAMIC HERAGE
- LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
Beg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or any other sexual orientatn or genr inty is difficult enough on s own, but beg Mlim as well n e one to stggle wh rencilg their inty wh Islam and Allah. However,... * muslim gay forum *
LGBT is still a popular term ed to discs genr and sexual mori, but all GSRM are wele beyond lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people who nsent to participate a safe space. Alot of people I've met onle have been assumg I'm homophobic bee I'm Mlim, people have been tellg me I n't be the muny if I'm Mlim, and wh the amount of anti relign posts I've seen on var lgbt subs I jt n't anymore.
Beg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or any other sexual orientatn or genr inty is difficult enough on s own, but beg Mlim as well n e one to stggle wh rencilg their inty wh Islam and Allah. If you're stgglg to rencile your LGBT+ inty wh your Islamic fah, n help to unrstand that Islam do not explicly forbid beg homosexual or havg a diverse genr inty.
CAN A MLIM BE GAY?
ÇáÓáÇã Úíáßãwell i first hasetated to post this subject but relly 's shockg that you'd fd mlim gay! what would you thk if you have a gay iend. remember that the appernice of gay people so suddnly is a sign of al akhiraso:what do you thk if you had someone you know that he is gay?and... * muslim gay forum *
Furthermore, the Quran even mentns "men who are not need of women" (which n be terpreted as men who are gay or asexual) Verse 24:31-24:33, and the men are not nmned anywhere. It's okay to be a Mlim who don't nform to a homophobic or transphobic view of Islam, the same way that other aspects of Islam have evolved and changed over time.
WikiHow has articl that may assist you g out, such as (but not limed to) How to Come Out, How to Come Out As Gay or Lbian, How to Come Out As Transgenr, How to Come Out to Your Friends, and How to Come Out to Your Parents. If other Mlims tell you that you aren't a te follower of Islam bee you're LGBT+, you may wish to script a rponse such as, "Actually, the Prophet Lut was nmng the celti occurrg Sodom, and he nmned rape rather than homosexualy.
“While we unrstand the tratns of the CEMB wh regard to the perceived stance of mastream Mlims on homosexualy, Imaan feels that the banners that the group marched wh serve only to epen divisns between muni.
EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI
* muslim gay forum *
Imaan noted that the east London Mosque which was sgled out by the CEMB s prott had reacted wh posive ments agast homophobia – assertg that Islam do not promote hatred or homophobia and that the mosque had mounted mpaigns to to nmn ‘gay-hate’ stickers Tower Hamlets. “We’d like to formally ve east London mosque to a meetg to discs ways which together we n bat the surge of gay-phobia, lbian-phobia, bi-phobia and transphobia – perhaps at a jot event for Eid al Adha at east London Mosque. After googlg “Is OK to be gay and Mlim” and skippg past the first 9 rults sayg no, a lucky few eventually fd , and we support our members through the difficult moments.
In fact, a growg number of Mlim lears and scholars dispute the terpretatn of the Qur’anic story of the Prophet Lut as a blanket nmnatn of homosexualy. Would we acce whe English Christians who are unfortable wh gay rights or multiculturalism as vert supporters of the Islamophobic Norwegian mass murrer Anrs Breivik?
IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
The official fictn, Brian Whaker explas, is that gay people don’t exist the Middle East. They do – and for many of them, attus of fay and society are a bigger problem than fear of beg persecuted * muslim gay forum *
Firstly, Allah do not tend jtic to people:“and your Lord treats no one wh jtice” [al-Kahf 18:49]He will not make someone be born gay jt to torture him and all!!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------salaam ali, there are many more s like there is one wh a very tertg name--queer jihad:huh: here is an article by one gay mlim, faris malik and his terpretatn of homosexualy and islam: Queer Sexualy and Inty the Qur'an and Hadh. Whether this is te or unte is not the pot, so long as we mastream Mlims keep avoidg the topic, splter gay groups will flourish as is probably the only outlet for such people and is giv them a sense of Al-Fatiha group is que sry, I did some reach for a magaze article earlier the year, and what I learned sred me.
GAY PEOPLE ARE RECLAIMG AN ISLAMIC HERAGE
For many LGBT Mlims, g out of the closet to their fai and relig muni n be a ght cisn. One Mlim lear says she receiv lls regularly om young gay and lbian Mlims who are aaid to reveal their sexual inty. * muslim gay forum *
They also have parti for events such as Eid which are reportedly another note, homosexualy is not new, has been around sce the begng of time, so I'm not que sure that is somehow a sign of "Akhira" - Remember has been openly practised by many societi, such as Greeks. Fally - remember, homosexualy is only a s if is practised, and gay Mlims WILL practise if they feel they are unaccepted Islam, what we have to aim to do is work the oppose directn so that they do not viate.
Salaam, The only s Allah has said is unfiveable is that of "shirk" - th is not for you to ll them non-Mlims, nor should you attempt to judge them - that is for is ments like that which will eventually alienate Mlims wh homosexual urg. I certaly have and th have far more of an unrstandg - I have also heard of Mlim youths mtg suici bee they nnot pe wh the fact that they have homosexual feelgs.
It may seem harsh, but is better than lettg bee rampant society to the pot where is now acceptable for same sex upl to marry and for homosexuals to be prits! SalaamHomosexualy is not Gods will, s agast nature too, germany they n marry, recently some very horrible crim have happened the gay scene, one man agreeg to be eaten by another:sick::sick::sick: lowerg of morals leads to lowerg of barriers and loss of rpect of life. Invtigators are examg a home vio ma by a 41 year old man intified only as Arm M who claims he met his willg victim through a gay ter bullet board.
LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
Jt a ltle example, walkg by a haram bakery and smellg nice food and havg the sire to eat somethg is NOT haram self, however walkg and actually buyg one to eat IS don't actually know whether or not people are born wh homosexualy, but I thk is unwise for to speculate. The Quran talks of what happens to those who chose to practise sir which Allah has forbidn, and we know very clearly that sex that is eher homosexual, or out of marriage is clearly haram. I thk s unwise for people to be throwg around their own personal fatwas on homosexualy themselv, Imam al-Baqir (as) said: "The lowt lim of Shirk is that a man origat an opn and then lov and hat based on .
I will fd the source and post l8er the Prophet (pbuh) told Imam Ali (as) dat if a hband or wife at the time of nceptn, are thkg about anybody else, then the child will be born gay.