What do gays and muslims have in common

Homosexuality and transgenderism in the Quran

You can often get questions or comments from Muslim students about homosexuality in Islam. They generally claim that homosexuality is banned by the Quran. But if you continue to ask, they often do not recognize the statements and they get stuck in "it is just not allowed, it is haram" .
It is true that there are a number of quotes in the Quran referring to the story of Sodom which seem to prohibit sex between men. But there is more to state about it.

Summary

The Quran mentions sex between men several times, almost all of them in the context of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, in which some city inhabitants demand sexual access to the messengers sent by God to the prophet Lot (or Lut). The Quranic story is almost the same as the version in the Bible. Later explanations of the Quran agreed that the "abomination" alluded to by the Quranic passages was attempted sodomy (specifically anal intercourse) between men. The sins of the people of Lut later became proverbial and the Arabic words for the execute of anal sex between men such as “liwat” and for a person who performs such acts “Luti”; both derive from the name Lut, although Lut was n

Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Islam - Sunni and Shi'a

BACKGROUND

With over a billion followers, Islam is the second largest religion in the world, and noted for its diversity of tradition and ethnicity. Founded by the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in 622 CE, Islam is an Abrahamic religion that shares its roots with Judaism and Christianity and recognizes Abraham, Moses and Jesus as prophets. Its sacred texts are the Qur’an, and secondary sources are found in cultural practices such as Sunnah and less so in Hadith, which continue to be studied and interpreted by both scholars and the faithful. At the core of Islam is the Shahadah, a announcement of faith that states, "There is no god but God, and later adaptations added “and Muhammad is the messenger of God." The Shahadah is one of the Five Pillars of Islam that also include charitable giving, fasting, praying several times each day, and going on pilgrimage to Mecca, if economically feasible, at least once in a lifetime.

Because Islam has no central governing body, it is not possible to state clear policies regarding issues of interest to LGBTQ+ people. Depending on nationality, generation, family upbr

The following article is based on a video presentation by Dr. Carl Sharif El-Tobgui on Blogging Theology with Paul Williams (July 17, 2022) and has been slightly modified and annotated for readability in collaboration with the presenter. The link to the first presentation is referenced below.

Introduction

On May 17, 2022, which marked Canada’s annual International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, a poster, promoted under the auspices of a Canadian university, depicted two Muslim women in headscarves on the verge of kissing. A number of other Canadian universities and upper schools allowed the poster to circulate as a way of promoting “diversity in love.” The poster also featured a biracial queer couple, a dark heterosexual couple, and a couple consisting of a fully-abled and a disabled person, alongside the two Muslim women, with each couple engaging in a romantic act. Many Canadian Muslims were enraged after the release of this poster, and rightfully so considering the appropriation of a patent Muslim symbol (i.e., the hijab) for a cause that is explicitly prohibited in Islam. The Muslim community organized collectively and submitted a petitio

The secret gay history of Islam.

In Muslim cultures, homosexuality was once considered the most normal thing in the world – so what changed?

Find out the real LGBTI history behind Islam

Islam once considered homosexuality to be one of the most normal things in the society.

The Ottoman Empire, the seat of power in the Muslim world, didn’t view lesbian or lgbtq+ sex as taboo for centuries. They formally governed gay sex wasn’t a crime in 1858.

But as Christians came over from the west to colonize, they infected Islam with homophobia.

The fact is many Muslims alive today believe the prophet Muhammad supported and protected sexual and gender minorities.

But go back to the beginning, and you’ll see there is far more homosexuality in Islam than you might possess ever thought before.

1. Ancient Muslim borrowed tradition from the boy-loving Ancient Greeks.

The Islamic empires, (Ottoman, Safavid/Qajar, Mughals), shared a common culture. And it shared a lot of similarities with the Ancient Greeks.

Persianate cultures, all of them Muslim, overpowered modern day India and Arab world. And it was very common for older men to hold sex with younger, beardless men. Th

A theological re-interpretation of love and partnership in the Qur’an, Sura 30:20-21

A summary of the panel on Interreligious Dialogue and LGBT from Andreas Ismail Mohr

There is a verse (an aya – literally “a sign”) in the Qur’an that is often quoted in connection to marriage. I myself wrote it once in a calligraphic style in Arabic for an invitation card of a friend when he married. Yes, it is about marriage, but – not only. Or… is it at all about married life, about a man and a woman? It is certainly about cherish and companionship, maybe the most significant Qurʾānic verse on the topic – so let’s study the verse with this question in mind:

“And of His signs is that He created for you, of yourselves, mates,
that you might repose in them, and He has set between you love and mercy.
Surely in that are signs for a people who consider.
And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and the variety of your tongues and hues.
Surely in that are signs for all living beings.”
(Qur’an, Sura 30 ar-Rum, verses 20-21 [kufic: 21-22])

Note that the end of the last verse (translated here according to the reading of Warsh and Qalun: lil-‘alamin: “