What Do Islam Say About Gay Marriage? Mlim Scholar Explas - Variety

Contents:

• WHAT DO ISLAM SAY ABOUT BEG GAY?
• ‘DON’T E BACK, THEY’LL KILL YOU FOR BEG GAY’
• SHAYKH HAMZA YUF ON GAY MLIMS; SCHOLARS ISSUE STATEMENT

WHAT DO ISLAM SAY ABOUT BEG GAY?

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTJuly 28, 2015ISTANBUL — On June 29, Turkey’s 12th Gay Pri Para was held on Istanbul’s crowd Istiklal Avenue. ” The “People of Lot” was a relig reference to gays, and the stctn to kill them on sight was attributed to the Prophet Muhammad.

”All of this suggts that both Turkey and the Mlim world need to engage some soul-searchg when to tolerance for their gay patrts.

‘DON’T E BACK, THEY’LL KILL YOU FOR BEG GAY’

Acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, Turkey sr slightly better on measur of gay rights when pared wh some nearby Christian-majory natns such as Rsia, Armenia and Ukrae.

Among them are two of the most popular Turkish entertaers of the past half-century: The late Zeki Muren was flamboyantly gay and the sger Bulent Ersoy is famoly transsexual. Their eccentricy has apparently add to their beyond the entertament dtry, the tradnal mastream Islamic view on homosexualy produc tolerance Turkey toward gays and creat starker problems Mlim natns that apply Shariah. In Sdi Arabia, Iran, Sudan or Afghanistan, homosexualy is a ser offense that n brg imprisonment, rporal punishment or even the ath penalty.

Meanwhile, Islamic State ants implement the most extreme terpretatn of Shariah by throwg gays om rooftops.

SHAYKH HAMZA YUF ON GAY MLIMS; SCHOLARS ISSUE STATEMENT

At the heart of the Islamic view on homosexualy li the biblil story of Sodom and Gomorrah, which is narrated the Quran, too. The average nservative Mlim tak this story as a jtifitn to stigmatize gays, but there is an important qutn that serv nsiratn: Did the people of Lot receive dive punishment for beg homosexual, or for attackg Lot and his heavenly guts?