By Junaid Jahangir,Hussein Abdullatif,Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle

ISBN-10: 0739189379

ISBN-13: 9780739189375

This publication is written with the target of kind of addressing the necessity of Muslim gays and lesbians for a existence which comprises intimacy, affection and companionship in the confines of a felony agreement. modern conservative Muslim leaders unreasonably advertise fake marriages with directly spouses, failing which they prescribe the “solution” of everlasting celibacy as a “test.” This ebook delves into an in depth scholarship at the related resources that conservative Muslim leaders draw on—the Qur’an, Hadith and jurisprudence. it's argued that the first resources of Muslim wisdom addressed sexual acts among an analogous gender within the context of inhospitality, exploitation, coercion and affliction, yet now not precise same-sex unions; prior Muslim scholarship is silent at the factor of sexual orientation and Muslim same-sex unions. The arguments of up to date conservative Muslim leaders are deconstructed and the case for Muslim same-sex unions is made in response to jurisprudential ideas and thorough arguments from in the Muslim culture.

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