Sexual variety in Islam

WILL THERE BE PLACE IN ISLAM FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER MUSLIMS?

By Dr. Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle | Adapted for MPV by Tynan Power 2010 Muslims for Progressive ValueGenerously funded by Human Rights Campaign

PREFACE

This will be adapted through the chapter “Sexuality, Diversity, and Ethics within the Agenda of Progressive Muslims” by Dr. Scott Siraj Kugle that is al-Haqq in Muslims (ed. Omid Safi). Dr. Kugle reveals that Islam supports numerous sorts of diversity—and that intimate and gender diversity in particular were recognized within the Qur’an and also by the Prophet Muhammad(PBUH). He suggests that typical punishments for homosexuality in Islamic nations don’t have any foundation into the Qur’an or sunnah (the record associated with life that is exemplary of Prophet Muhammad). Dr. Kugle’s work demonstrates that lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender Muslims do certainly deserve a location in Islam.

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