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:
- IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
- WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM
- A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
- AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
- GERMAN, JEW, MLIM, GAY
- GAY PEOPLE ARE RECLAIMG AN ISLAMIC HERAGE
IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
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Imam Daiyiee Abdullah, 65, is one of the few openly gay Mlim clerics.
The percentage of Amerin Mlims who said society should accept homosexualy has doubled the last , to 52%, and is even higher among Millennials. Ani Zonneveld says she receiv lls regularly om young gay and lbian Mlims who have been threatened by their fay or are aaid to reveal their sexual inty. Acrdg to a recent survey of more than 800 Amerin Mlims, 0% intified as gay or lbian.
WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM
Miriam hid that she was gay for years - she explas how hard was to e out to her strict Mlim parents. * gay model converts to islam *
That diversy also appli to attus towards gay, lbian and transgenr people. Mlims disagree on how to terpret the Pew survey that showed an creasg acceptance of homosexualy. Now, Qadhi often prefac his remarks about homosexualy by notg that “feelgs and clatns” are not themselv sful, and that homosexual acts should not be sgled out for special nmnatn.
Mogahed herself me unr attack several years ago after a Gallup survey showed that no Brish Mlims – as , 0% – said homosexualy was morally acceptable. Right wg provotrs such as Milo Yiannopoulos seized on the survey to portray Mlims as a threat to gays and lbians. “Sometim people make rogatory remarks, like: There’s that gay imam, ” Abdullah said.
Some closeted LGBT Mlims feared of beg associated wh “the gay mosque, ” he said.
A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
Lia Darj photographed people var untri who are both gay and Mlim. Among her subjects were openly gay imams Europe and the Uned Stat. * gay model converts to islam *
Of the 804 Amerin Mlims polled, not one intified as gay or lbian. If 92% of Amerin Mlims intified as straight, she said, then the remag 8% may be lbian or gay, even if they’re reluctant say so.
While there are gay Mlims, Islam tends to be unacceptg of gay people.
AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
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. * gay model converts to islam *
Even if you're not lbian/bisexual/pansexual yourself, most trans people have gay iends. Is possible that your boyiend sir to be wh a man, but was wh you bee Islam is agast homosexualy?
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GERMAN, JEW, MLIM, 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 model converts to islam *
I am a gay man.
I am not entirely clear on the Quran's statements on homosexualy, nor the attus of the larger Amerin or ternatnal Mlim muni towards beg gay. Is there any room for open homosexualy the big tent that is Islam?
GAY PEOPLE ARE RECLAIMG AN ISLAMIC HERAGE
Dpe knowg om a young age she was gay, she knew tellg her parents would e a rift that might prove surmountable. "It ronated wh me, bee I realised how much she was a bubble - for her to not even [know] about homosexualy. "There's no direct translatn for gay, lbian, bisexual Punjabi or Urdu that I know of, so I basilly said 'of that wh you and mum' - to liken to a relatnship.
"In Islam, as many Christian nomatns and Orthodox Judaism, homosexualy is seen as a s. While there have been mov towards acceptance of homosexualy some religns, Islam the Wt has tend to stay wh the Orthodox and her partner, who is whe Brish, hope to marry 2020. But the rt will be "as gay as gay n be" - wh a drag act as pere and DJ.