Even the Qur’an (the Muslim holy book) describes heaven as a paradise of a physical kind. Al-Ghazali, a Muslim scholar who lived more than 900 years ago, called sexual pleasure a blessing from God. Early Muslim scholars talked about sex in a very straight-forward way as a normal, positive part of life. The Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) helped people see that spiritual life and sexual life are connected. In early Islamic history, sex was seen as a positive part of human life. MPV thanks the generous contribution of the Human Rights Campaign for making this adaptation possible.ĬHAPTER 1 - UNDERSTANDING SEXUAL DIVERSITY IN ISLAM SOME RELIGIONS SEEM TO VIEW SEX AS SHAMEFUL OR UNCLEAN. If you’re not sure what a word or phrase means, please refer to the Notes section. We have chosen to use the widely-used Common Era (also known as Christian or Gregorian) calendar, rather than the Islamic Hijri (AH) calendar. It can not provide a perfect equivalent, however, because some Arabic sounds do not exist in English. The pronunciation key is intended to give English-speaking readers a close approximation of the word in Arabic. Kugle’s work shows that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Muslims do indeed deserve a place in Islam. He shows that common punishments for homosexuality in Islamic countries have no basis in the Qur’an or sunnah (the record of the exemplary life of the Prophet Muhammad). Kugle shows that Islam supports many kinds of diversity-and that sexual and gender diversity in particular were acknowledged in the Qur’an and by the Prophet Muhammad(PBUH). Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle in Progressive Muslims (ed. This is adapted from the chapter “Sexuality, Diversity, and Ethics in the Agenda of Progressive Muslims” by Dr.
Generously funded by Human Rights Campaign PREFACE Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle | Adapted for MPV by Tynan Power Sexual diversity in Islam: IS THERE ROOM IN ISLAM FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER MUSLIMS?īy Dr.
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