Can muslim people be gay
Everything you need to comprehend about being gay in Muslim countries
When the US supreme court commanded in favour of lgbtq+ marriage last year, the White House welcomed it with rainbow-coloured lights and many people celebrated by adding a rainbow tint to their Facebook profile.
For the authorities in Saudi Arabia, though, this was cause for alarm rather than celebration, alerting them to a previously unnoticed peril in their midst. The first casualty was the privately run Talaee Al-Noor school in Riyadh which happened to contain a rooftop parapet painted with rainbow stripes. According to the kingdom’s religious police, the school was fined 100,000 riyals ($26,650) for displaying “the emblem of the homosexuals” on its building, one of its administrators was jailed and the offending parapet was swiftly repainted to match a blue rainbow-free sky.
The case of the gaily painted school shows how progress in one part of the society can have adverse effects elsewhere and serves as a reminder that there are places where the connection between rainbows and LGBT rights is either new or yet to be discovered.
In Afghanistan, only a few years ago, there was a craze for decorating cars with ra
'It is possible to be Muslim and a lesbian'
Miriam hid her sexuality from her strict Muslim parents for years. When she eventually did come out to them, she found it unachievable to translate "lesbian" into Punjabi or Urdu. She explains how the conversation put an terminate to her double life "playing the straight woman" but caused a rift so deep that her father disowned her.
"I always knew I was attracted to the same gender - as young as four or five, when I kissed my best ally in the cloakroom, I knew then.
"But it wasn't until I was in college that I first started exploring. We got the internet at place and there was a dial-up desktop in my brother's room - it had a bar on the door.
"I used to go on Yahoo chat, I retain sometimes I pretended I was a man, for the sake of speaking to women. Then from 18, 19, I [thought], 'maybe I need to look for womxn loving womxn women'."
Miriam* grew up in a traditional Muslim family in Bristol where her grandfather "ruled the roost", with Islamic sermons and prayers five times a day.
Despite knowing from a young age she was male lover, she knew
The short answer is – absolutely yes.
You can be gay and Muslim.
Being gay and Muslim is a reality for many people around the world.
It’s crucial to understand that gay individuals are born the way that they are. It is our society that punishes gay individuals for being born the way they were born. This is often due to fear, misinformation and poor understanding of the spectrum of identities that be within the human species.
But navigating faith and sexuality can be complex.
For many, spotting as both same-sex attracted and Muslim poses profound challenges. This intersection of persona often brings individuals face to encounter with conflicting values and societal expectations. Yet, it’s a reality for thousands worldwide, deserving of attention and respect.
Islam’s vast interpretations provide diverse perspectives on homosexuality. While some views remain conservative, a shift towards more inclusive understandings of faith is emerging. Stories of acceptance and resilience within the Muslim LGBTQ+ community showcase this gradual convert, offering hope and solidarity to those at the crossroads of faith and sexual identity.
These narratives underscore th
Can a Muslim be gay?
Can a Muslim be gay – or accepting of a fellow Muslim who’s gay?
Ever since the landmark US Supreme Court choice on June 26 making lgbtq+ marriage legal in the US, debate has emerged among Muslims worldwide about the merit of the ruling, with the evident implication if they as Muslims approve or disapprove of a person being a gay while professing to be a Muslim.
“When the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday legalised same-sex marriages in all 50 states,” one commentatorwrotejubilantly, “many American-Muslims were thrilled with the news. For these Muslims, their own religion [sic] convictions support their views on lgbtq+ marriage and believe that God’s compassion trumps all.”
“But many Muslims on social media lashed out,” anothercautioned, “saying ‘qiyamah’, the day of judgement, was near while the story of Lot condemning homosexuality in holy scriptures, including the Quran, is being ignored.”
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At the forefront of these two extreme positions, we see a band of clean-shaven yuppie US Muslims eager to appease their White-American constituencyissuingtheir “fatwa”, as it were, encour