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Scholars of Islamic jurisprudence have detailed discussions on the status and rights of intersex people based on what mainly exhibits in their external sexual organs. The intersex rights includes rights of inheritance, rights to marriage, and rights to live like any other male or female.
In their book Islamic Law and Muslim Same-Sex Unions, Junaid Jahangir and Hussein Abdullatif argue that interpretations which view the Quranic narrative of the people of Lot and the derived classical notion of liwat as applying to same-sex relationships reflect the sociocultural norms and medical knowledge of societies that produced those ...
Intersex persons in Islam are referred to as khunthaa in the books of Fiqh. [76] An intersex person may have sex characteristics or organs that are not typically male or female. This person is called a khunthaa in the books of Fiqh. [76] There are three types of khunthaa: 1. A person has aspects of both organs and urinates from the male organ.
This understanding of the effect of puberty on intersex conditions appears in Islamic law as early as the eleventh century CE, notably by Ibn Qudama. [ 36 ] In the sixteenth century CE, Ibrahim al-Halabi , a member of the Hanafi school of jurisprudence in Islam, directed slave owners to use special gender-neutral language when freeing intersex ...
The term has sometimes been equated to transgender women, [66] gay men, members of a third gender, or intersex individuals, [67] [68] although it does not neatly fit into any of those categories. [16] [17] [69] The treatment of mukhannathun varied throughout early Islamic history, and the meaning of the term took on new dimensions over time. [17]
There has been relatively scant data collected on the number of LGBTQ+ residents in the U.S., particularly intersex people — those born with physical traits that don’t fit typical definitions ...
Saudi Arabia has no criminal code.The primary source of law in Saudi Arabia is the Sharia (Islamic law), which is derived from the Quran.Specifically, prohibition of same-sex sexual acts is based on the Quranic story of the prophet Lut and traditions of the teachings of Muhammad contained in the Sunnah. [17]
Julie Cohen, co-director of 'RBG' and 'Julia,' provides a crucial component in our evolving understanding of gender, and an important representation of the intersex experience.