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...
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?
* 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.
EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI
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. * muslim gay forum *
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.
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 *
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?
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 *
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. 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.
LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
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.