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.
Contents:
- WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM AMERI
- CAN ONE BE MLIM AND GAY?
- IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
- CAN A MLIM BE GAY?
- AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
- WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM AMERI
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The Orlando shootg was a hate crime agast gay people – even if, once emerged that the attacker had been a Mlim, many people claimed this as a terrorist attack rather than a hate crime.
CAN ONE BE MLIM AND GAY?
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,... * gay och muslim *
Sce the massacre there has been a lot of speculatn about Islam and homosexualy and there are fears that one man’s spible act of terrorism uld fan the flam of Islamophobia and other forms of social excln, leadg to disrd and unrt an era of elevated Islamophobia.
It is difficult to fe the “Islamic posn” on homosexualy, as a monolhic phenomenon, simply bee Islam is a very diverse fah group wh some 1. In most Mlim untri, homosexualy is illegal and some untri, cludg Iran and Sdi Arabia, is punishable by ath. Most Islamic scholars are agreement that homosexualy is patible wh Islamic theology.
IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
They tend to draw on the story of Lot the Koran (also the Old Ttament) which reunts the stctn of the tribe of Lot allegedly due to their engagement homosexual acts as “evince” for God’s nmnatn of homosexualy.
CAN A MLIM BE GAY?
Many scholars also ce the Ahadh (statements attributed to the Prophet Muhammed) that are nmnatory of homosexualy.
Theologil and legal nmnatns of homosexualy n engenr perceptns at a social level that homosexualy is wrong and that should not be permted.
AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
In 2009, a Gallup survey revealed negative attus towards homosexualy among European Mlims. In France, 35% of Mlims viewed homosexualy as “morally acceptable” (vers 78% of the general public).
WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM
In the UK, none of the Mlim rponnts viewed homosexualy as morally acceptable (vers 58% of the general public who did). The rults found that 18% of the Brish Mlim rponnts agreed that homosexualy should be legal Bra while the majory (52%) disagreed. Conversely, only 5% of the general public thought homosexualy should be illegal.