'This is historic': Malaysian man ws appeal agast Islamic gay sex charge | LGBTQ+ rights | The Guardian

Contents:

• MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK CHALLENGE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN
• 'THIS IS HISTORIC': MALAYSIAN MAN WS APPEAL AGAST ISLAMIC GAY SEX CHARGE
• THE MAKG OF A GAY MLIM: RELIGN, SEXUALY AND INTY MALAYSIA AND BRATHE MAKG OF A GAY MLIM: RELIGN, SEXUALY AND INTY MALAYSIA AND BRATHE MAKG OF A GAY MLIM: RELIGN, SEXUALY AND INTY MALAYSIA AND BRATHE MAKG OF A GAY MLIM: RELIGN, SEXUALY AND INTY MALAYSIA AND BRATHE MAKG OF A GAY MLIM: RELIGN, SEXUALY AND INTY MALAYSIA AND BRA
• THE MAKG OF A GAY MLIM
• THE LIFE OF GAY PEOPLE MLIM MALAYSIA
• MALAYSIA'S GAYS TRY TO E OUT OF THE SHADOWS
• EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI

MALAYSIAN MAN WS LANDMARK CHALLENGE AGAST MLIM GAY SEX BAN

A Malaysian man on Thursday won a landmark urt challenge agast an Islamic ban on sex “agast the orr of nature, ” raisg hop for greater acceptance of gay rights the mostly Mlim untry. The Mlim man his 30s – whose name has been whheld by his lawyer to protect his privacy – filed the lawsu after he was arrted the central Selangor state 2018 for attemptg gay sex, which he ni.

LGBT+ advot say Islamic laws have been creasgly ed to target the Southeast Asian untry’s gay muny, wh a rise arrts and punishments rangg om ng to jailg. The man who lnched the legal challenge argued that Selangor had no power to enforce an Islamic ban on “terurse agast the orr of nature” when gay sex was already a crime unr civil laws.

A Malaysian man has won a landmark urt challenge agast an Islamic ban on sex “agast the orr of nature”, raisg hop for greater acceptance of gay rights the mostly Mlim a unanimo cisn, Malaysia’s top urt led on Thursday that the Islamic provisn ed agast the man was unnstutnal and thori had no power to enact the law. This is monumental for LGBT+ rights Malaysia, ” said Numan Afifi, the founr of LGBT+ rights group Pelangi Campaign, which was not volved the Mlim man his 30s – whose name has been whheld by his lawyer to protect him – filed the lawsu after he was arrted the central Selangor state 2018 for attemptg gay sex, an allegatn he acts are illegal Malaysia, although nvictns are rare.

'THIS IS HISTORIC': MALAYSIAN MAN WS APPEAL AGAST ISLAMIC GAY SEX CHARGE

The untry, which has 13 stat, has a dual-track legal system, wh Islamic crimal and fay laws applible to Mlims nng alongsi civil advot say Islamic laws have been creasgly ed to target the south-east Asian untry’s gay muny, wh a rise arrts and punishments rangg om ng to hoped Selangor would immediately repeal the Islamic ban, wh other stat followg su. Of urse Sectn 377 is still there – ’s not the end but this is a begng, ” Numan Malaysia, a untry of 32 ln where 60% of the populatn is Mlim, many gay people are not open about their man who lnched the legal challenge argued Selangor had no power to enforce an Islamic ban on “terurse agast the orr of nature” when gay sex was already a crime unr civil urt agreed, clarg that the state’s power to enact such offenc “is subject to a nstutnal lim”, the chief jtice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat wrote the Selangor Islamic Relig Council, a rponnt the su, did not immediately rpond to a requt for man volved the legal challenge was among 11 men arrted on spicn of attemptg gay sex durg a raid at a private of the group plead guilty, and were sentenced 2019 to jail, ng and f, sparkg outrage among human rights activists who said created an environment of fear for LGBT+ women were ned for “attemptg lbian sex” unr Islamic laws the east ast state of Terengganu 2018, the same year that saw a transgenr woman attacked. Homosexualy is a crime Mlim-majory Malaysia, and rights groups have warned of growg tolerance agast the untry’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer May, Malaysian thori nfisted watch om Swatch’s "Pri llectn" bee of the prence of the letters "LGBTQ" on the watch, the home mister mistry officials “illegally” seized 172 watch om 16 outlets, Swatch said urt documents seen by lawsu, filed on June 24 at the Kuala Lumpur high urt, was first reported on Monday by the Malay Mail, a Malaysian news webse.

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This book highlights the lived experienc of gay Mlims Malaysia, where Islam is the majory and official relign, and Bra, where Mlims form a relig mory. By explorg how they negotiate their relig and sexual inti, Shah challeng the notn that Islam is herently homophobic and that there is an unbridgeable divi between ‘Islam’ and the ‘Wt’.

THE MAKG OF A GAY MLIM: RELIGN, SEXUALY AND INTY MALAYSIA AND BRATHE MAKG OF A GAY MLIM: RELIGN, SEXUALY AND INTY MALAYSIA AND BRATHE MAKG OF A GAY MLIM: RELIGN, SEXUALY AND INTY MALAYSIA AND BRATHE MAKG OF A GAY MLIM: RELIGN, SEXUALY AND INTY MALAYSIA AND BRATHE MAKG OF A GAY MLIM: RELIGN, SEXUALY AND INTY MALAYSIA AND BRA

Shah also gaed accs to gay Mlim works and dividuals for his -pth rearch both untri, and the book vtigat the different ways that they rpond to everyday anti-homosexual or anti-Mlim sentiments. Amid the many challeng they nont, the gay Mlims whom Shah enuntered fd novative and meangful ways to tegrate Islam and gay inty to their Makg of a Gay Mlim will appeal to stunts and scholars wh an tert ntemporary Islam, relign, genr and sexualy. Morty relignMajory relignIslamLGBTHomonatnalismPostlonialismDevianceGay MlimSexualy and IslamGay Exprsns of IslamIslam and Homosexualygenr and sexualy.

“The key strength of this book is s parative approach that monstrat the nstctive nature of fah and sexualy through different historil, polil, social and mographil ntexts, wh which gay Mlims make sense of, receive/reject, negotiate, exprs/supprs their fahs and sexuali.

… this book certaly serv as a great reference to terted scholars and gay Mlim dividuals unrstandg the two seemgly ‘mensurable’ inti Europe and Southeast Asia. 38 (1), 2020)“The Makg of a Gay Mlim, is not jt important terms of expandg our knowledge about the plex terfac between sexual orientatns and relig affiliatns. ” (Alexanr Toft, Readg Relign,, September, 2018) “This is a pneerg and timely study of how ‘gay Mlim’ inti are shaped Malaysia and Bra.

THE MAKG OF A GAY MLIM

Beckford, Universy of Warwick, UK) “This meticuloly rearched book offers important and fascatg sights to the liv of gay Mlims Malaysia and Bra. Framed by an engagg storytellg approach, the book offers -pth and thought-provokg narrativ that draw the rear to the var aspects of gay Mlims’ liv, as they navigate the highly sensive polil, relig, and cultural terra, and negotiate their tersectg inti.

” (Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip, Universy of Nottgham, UK) “This is a rich ethnography of a taboo subject, theoretilly sophistited, and full of sightful observatns and analysis of what means to be a gay Mlim two different part of the world. In The Makg of a Gay Mlim, Shah tak the rear to a relatively unknown “life-world”, and tells how two seemgly irrencilable inti n e together as part of the procs of shapg relig change.

THE LIFE OF GAY PEOPLE MLIM MALAYSIA

” (Ziba Mir-Hossei, SOAS Universy of London, UK) “The Makg of a Gay Mlim is a rare glimpse to the life of gay and lbian Mlims Bra and Malaysia. ” (Stt Siraj al-Haqq Kugle, Emory Universy, USA) “The Makg of a Gay Mlim provis an engagg, sophistited, and exceedgly timely acunt of the entanglement of relign, sexualy, and inty Malaysia and Bra. A uple of my gay Malay iends also experience such quisns durg fay get-togethers at Hari Raya Aidilfri (Eid), weddgs, and other munal Malay gathergs.

I like to go to the gay clubs KL, like Blue Boy B Btang (that’s a really old, n-down place, but has survived the bt and worst of tim, unlike many other flash--the-pan gay clubs KL).

In this sense, I am only “out” wh my close iends, who nsist of close officemat, a gay iend om llege, and my clost iends om my hometown school, who happen to be gay as well.

MALAYSIA'S GAYS TRY TO E OUT OF THE SHADOWS

A puty mister had also last year ndoned a parents nference that, among other thgs, clud a discsn on how to intify youths wh lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr (LGBT) tennci.

It created an uproar among people as the puty mister, who also lnched the event, agreed to the topics at the talk, one of which was that gay men uld be intified by a penchant for wearg V-neck T-shirts, rryg large handbags, wearg light-loured outfs, and sleevels shirts.

I suppose the worst off among the gay muny are the transvt and transgenr people Malaysia, as their appearanc are more apparent than their “straight-actg” unterparts.

EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI

But the advent of social media and smartphone apps like Grdr, Wechat, and others enabl gay men to socialise a more efficient but still private manner. Paviln shoppg centre seems to be equented by much of the liberal gay men of the cy, and I heard that the younger set of the men have been seen holdg hands at the mall, though I am sure those are isolated s. Newspapers have reported how the ctomers are clad only towels and later hled up to book, but they are ually gay massage parlours which are booked to tch illegal immigrants, or premis whout perms.