Is Gayness a Test from Allah? Typologies in Muslim Stances on Homosexuality

Autor:	Levi Geir Eidhamar
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Typology Sexual identity media_common.quotation_subject Religious studies Identity (social science) Islam Gender studies Test (assessment) Feeling Political Science and International Relations Sociology Homosexuality Lesbian media_common
Zdroj:	Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations. 25:245-266
ISSN:	1469-9311 0959-6410
DOI:	10.1080/09596410.2013.869882
Popis:	The article presents a spectrum of views within Muslim discourse on questions such as: “Is non-hetero predilection congenital and as such created by God?,” “Are non-hetero feelings/actions sinful as such?,” “Should the authorities in Muslim states punish homosexual acts?,” “Should lesbian and gay Muslims marry partners of the opposite gender?” The stances presented are based on texts by Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Heba Gamal Kotb, Abdelwahab Bouhdiba, Amreen Jamal and Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle. Stances presented by various Muslim internet sites are also considered. The review is grouped into a four-way typology: strongly traditional; moderately traditional; moderately progressive; and strongly progressive. The second part of the article reflects on how non-hetero Muslims cope theoretically and practically with their religious and sexual identity. The various stances and practices are grouped into six types based on the correlation/tension between “right” (divinely revealed) and “good” (in a human sense): (i) rejec...
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