Islam and Homosexuality

1. What are the rights of homosexuals in the Muslim world? specially in Pakistan ?
2. According to the way of Islam what are the punishments of homosexuality.
3. Could you please send me the brief about homosexuality in the light of Islam, describing the rights of homosexuals.

Dear Brother, Assalamo Alaikum.
Homosexuality is unlawful in Islam. It is neither accepted by the state nor by the Islamic Society.

Quran clearly states that it is unjust, un-natural, transgression, ignorant,criminal and corrupt.

The people living in the time of prophet LOT (Nephew Of Abraham) near the Dead Sea were involved in this Act and Allah punished them severely and the whole nation was destroyed.

Muslim Jurists agree that, if proven of guilt, both of them should be killed. However jurists differ on the methadology of capital Punishment.

Infact it is a great injustice with women. You must know that in Islam pre-marital hetrosexuality (Dating) is also unlawful.

We advise you to go through the following verses of the Quran:

Verses:
VI --- 86 ; VII -- 80-84 ; XI -- 77-83 ; XV --57-77 ; XXI--74-75 ; XXVI--160-175 ; XXVII--54-58 : XXIX--26-35 ; XXXVII--133-138 ; LI--31-37 ; LIV--33-39 ; XI--81 ; XV--60 ; LXVI--10

In the present time, we are witnessing the wrath of God on these homosexuals in the form of AIDS, which is affecting innocents also.

Sincerely,

Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.

 

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Question:

Hi there, my name is S. Warsi and I am a student journalist at Ryerson University in Toronto. I am writing a story on Islam and homosexuality. From what I've already read on your site, it is clear that Islam condemns it. I would like to ask some further questions:

1) There are "gay Muslims" out there that are justifiying their homosexual behaviour. They argue that Allah embraces all people no matter what their sexual orientation. What do you have to say about that?
2) Is a person really Muslim if they are gay or lesbian?
3) Some people argue that Islam is an evolving religion which should adapt to modern traits. What do you make of that?

Thank you for your time and I hope to hear from you soon,
Salaam,

Sarah Warsi

Answer:

Thank you for contacting JI dear Sarah Warsi! WaAlaikum Assalam,

1) If some Muslim is indulged in this crime that is highly wicked in the sight of Islam, and still attempts to justify his/her behaviour, it amounts only to ridiculing Islam and its code of sexual conduct. Such person should at least feel ashamed and admit so rather than being proud of being gay or lesbian.
2) I am no judge to declare whether a gay/lesbian still remains a true Muslim or not. In principle, a person negates faith when he/she renounces what brings him/her within its folds. What I insist is that such people must repent and cure themselves. It is absurd to coin and use the term “Muslim gay” or “gay Muslim”. A true Muslim submits to the commands of God, who has strongly condemned and prohibited this behaviour.
3) Islam is “evolving” in the sense that it provides most modern and scientific answer to any issue that comes forth in any age or society. However, it rejects the type of evolution that is injurious to human development and growth. Hence, it will never accept manners like homosexuality, lesbianism or the like because all such acts are un-natural and harmful for the human race.

Please follow my detailed arguments about homosexuality on this website, and let me know what was that which could not appeal commonsense or scientific inquiry.

M. Haq

 

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Question:

Dear Sir
Assalam u Alaikum. I hope you are well and happy. I’m a muslim - 15 years old and gay. I want to be normal but no matter what I try, nothing works. I also act like a girl even though I try not to and I now discovered that I am attracted to men.
Could you please help me as my parents are divorced. I’ve spent all my life with my mum and she has great hope for me. If I tell her I’m gay, it will hurt her and I don’t want that.
Could you please tell me a way of becoming a man and becoming normal? I really need your help. May Allah bless you in this world and in the hereafter.
Thank you

Khuda-hafiz

Answer:

WaAlaikum Assalam dear .....!

I feel sympathy with you that as a young lad, you were subjected to a difficult situation. I understand your problem and you are not the only one to have faced this dilemma.
So, let us begin here. Do you really think this practice is un-natural, wrong and therefore, be avoided? Tell me if you agree and also inform me what you can do for that at your end. I will be ever-available (God Willing) for any clarification that you (or any of your gay friend) need.
The way you have addressed me, is fully indicative that you are a brave man and potentially capable of changing not only yourself, but many more around you. And let me assure you that you will then see the real happiness and satisfaction of life, yet unknown to you. Good luck.
However first let me correct two absolutely wrong assumptions in your question:
(1) You may think that you are born as gay, but this is not true. I am myself a scientist (geneticist) and I have never had any real proof what the so-called "top scientists" say. They are either confused, or just misleading.
(2) Do you know that it is "Haram" to be a gay? Can you really believe that God, the most Merciful and Kind, would ever declare something haram what a person can not possibly follow? Sheer nonsense. Why would God make such unjust command?
Listen, no extra-marital sex is permitted in Islam. Homosexuality is particularly considered in Islam as an utterly odious and heinous crime. The whole tribe of the prophet Loot (A.S.), which was engaged in this crime, was destroyed by Allah through an exemplary punishment, whose ominous signs are still visible in the south of the Dead See. Qur'an narrated the story more than once. In the Islamic jurisprudence the punishment of the homosexuals (both persons) is harsher than the fornicator. All the religions including Judaism and Christianity could neither permit nor tolerate a crime that God Himself described as having no parallel in the human history and being the most heinous in nature.
The ever-increasing higher incidence (37% American males and 13% females around 1953), does not prove at all that it is genetic beyond doubt. Other than genetic aberration (or much more than) it seems the result of (among other possible factors):
a. Circumstances, emanating from person-to-society interaction;
b. Disturbed periods in childhood (and adolescence) development; and
c. Disorders in intra-family relations.

Fact of the matter is that the liberal Western society has accepted sex, per se', as an end and purpose itself, which it is not. Sex is for reproduction. The charm in it whatsoever is a temporary reward for that "duty". Once you reject this actual purpose, you cannot stop anybody from any willful mode of sex, and that leads to anarchy rather than responsible human behaviour. Are you not thus working towards the extinction of human race? And if so, do they have the right to benefit from what the "families" have developed and passed on for us?
There are many a "feeling", which are only wrong, and must be suppressed. If every person is allowed to do or get what he/she "feels", will only result in anarchy. An individual's rights and aspirations are respected as long as they do not clash with other's. That needs no argument. And, we have been continuously making sound reasoning to prove that homosexuality, like similar other wrongs, is against nature and destructive for human species, and its social and sociological norms.
So, the solution is to stop. Remember please, if wrongs are not voluntarily corrected by the individual or the society, then Nature intervenes. That is what we have started witnessing.
Finally, a sick person is not hated, rather taken special care of. More research, more understanding and more support is required to bring back these somewhat lost men. But they will have first to admit that something had gone wrong, and they are now ready to cooperate and take up the mainstream behaviour.
Having trodden a path for quite some time, it becomes really difficult to step back, but never impossible. The way you have explained your condition is a very healthy sign, nevertheless. U agree it is bad and it is unnatural, and it warrants correction. So, let us try. What seems disturbing you is your frustration that there is no easy solution, probably none at all. But this is not correct. You just look around and list factors that helped you becoming gay. Try avoid them one by one. Seek a better company, good literature, healthy recreation and avoid filthy audio-visuals or cyber games, etc.
And, would u mind see a good psycho-physician as well. It’ll take some time, but hopefully you will be "home" one day. We pray for you and all those who have become the slaves of their habits and wish to get rid of.
One thing highly encouraging in your case is that you fully realize and understand your problem. More than this, you are seeking the help of Allah and you believe He is helping you. These two plus points indicate that you have solved over 90% of your problem.
What to do for the rest? Let us suggest a few steps:
(i) Continue seeking the help of Allah - read the Qur'an, offer salaat,
(ii) Try rather overcome your problem yourself like a perfect gentleman. Don't let any other boy come closer to you.
(iii) It will be advisable to consult some good psycho-analyst. That usually works.
We hope and pray that you succeed in leading a normal life. Once you enter the new phase, just forget about the past and please do not defend homosexuals and lesbians as a class and as if they are totally innocent. Just forget that and listen to what we say as brothers. May Allah help you. Ameen!
Wassalam,

M. Ha