What does islam say about being gay nyt

what does islam say about being gay nyt

Dealing With Homosexual Urges: Yasir Qadhi to Muslim Student

The following article is an edited transcription of a response that Sh. Yasir Qadhi gave to a question posed to him.

Q: Shaykh, I have unnatural urges and feel attracted to members of the same gender. I don’t know what to carry out about this, can you please give me some advice.

A:
Bismillah, alhamdulillah, wa-l-salaat wa-l-salaam ala Rasulillah

I was actually asked the alike question in Toronto, a few weeks ago. And while this is a very disturbing question to some people, it is something that needs to be mentioned and discussed publicly.

It is possible that some people have urges that are considered abnormal by others. Sometimes, from a religious perspective these urges would indeed be classified as abnormal. But simply having such urges does not justify acting upon them.

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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 elevated schools allowed the poster to circulate as a way of promoting “diversity in love.” The poster also featured a biracial queer couple, a ebony 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

Queer and Muslim: Beyond the Normative Dilemma

Author: Aaisha Salman

In 2018, The Queer Muslim Project (TQMP), an online collective initiated by gender and sexuality rights advocate, Rafiul Alom Rahman, held a workshop in Delhi entitled “DIY Islam” (Do-it-Yourself Islam). As a part of this workshop, TQMP invited queer Muslims in the city to reflect on their experiences of Muslimness and faith, “both excellent and bad.”[1] On their Instagram page, TQMP archived this project for their followers with the caption, “Long live the Queer Ijtema!” The ijtema, conventionally understood as an Islamic congregation, is a powerful image to invoke. It naturalizes the visibility of queer Muslims, one that is not always a given. Headlines in mainstream news publications protest the tensions around a queer Muslim collectivity: in 2015, The New York Times published “What Does Islam Say About Organism Gay?”;[2] in 2016, The Guardian published, “Everything you Need to Know about Being Gay in Muslim Countries”;[

Balancing faith and sexuality

LGBT Muslims mayface a tough balance between sexuality and religion.The mainstream interpretation of the Islamic holy guide, the Quran, condemns homosexuality. Faisal Alam, the founder of Al-Fatiha, a Muslim LGBT group that works to help LGBT Muslims deal with their struggles with their faith and their sexual orientation, has traveled to colleges and universities across the nation to deliver presentations about LGBT Muslims.

Alam addressed the campus community Wednesday afternoon in the Campus Center’s Klingenstein Lounge. Staff Scribe TinaMarie Craven spoke with Alam concerning his campaign and personal experiences.

TinaMarie Craven: Why did you begin Al-Fatiha?

Faisal Alam: It was an organization that started in 1998, and it was through my hold process of trying to reconcile my sexual orientation with my faith of Islam, and when I looked for resources online, I could not spot anything that was positive for lesbian and lgbtq+ Muslims. The organization sort of started by accident in that I organized a retreat for LGBT Muslims in October of 1998. The name Al-Fatiha comes from the first chapter of the Quran, and it means the opening or th

Islam and gays: A follow-up

A recent piece of mine probed the question, “What Does Islam Tell About Being Gay?” (The New York Times, July 28). I gave a response which is basically liberal: That Muslims should not attack or stigmatize gay people, assuming that this is what their religion demands from them. In return, I got lots positive feedback, but also some criticism, some of it cruel, from more conservative-minded Muslims. All of these criticisms were welcome, for we Muslims need to be able to discuss such thorny issues – just without heresy accusations, let alone death fatwas.

To advance the discussion, let me elucidate my argument: I am not arguing that homosexuality is “halal” (i.e., religiously permissible in Islam). The Qur’anic story of the Prophet Lot makes it clear to me that there is something false about men “approaching men with need, instead of women.” The question I am probing is what Muslims should do when some among them (or other people) come about to be lgbtq+ and act on it. Should the fact that we consider this a “sin” also contact for despising, oppressing and punishing same-sex attracted people?

There are many Muslims in the world that will readily say, “Yes, of course.” Becaus