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Furthermore, in Kugle's reading, the Quran "implies that some people are different in their sexual desires than others." Thus, homosexuality can be seen as part of the "natural diversity in sexuality in human societies." This is the way "gay and lesbian Muslims" view their homosexuality. [65]: 194–196
Khaled El-Rouayheb, who wrote Before Homosexuality in the Arab‐Islamic World, 1500–1800, believed that Islamic Homosexualities's depiction of same-sex behavior in the Arab and Islamic world was "homosexual" when such behavior was not homosexual, and El-Rouayheb argued that the depiction of the same-sex behavior in Islamic Homosexualities ...
A correction issued by the Associated Press in August 2015 stated that homosexuality is not banned, by law in the Gaza Strip or West Bank, but is "largely taboo," and added "there are no laws specifically banning homosexual acts." [57] Arab and Muslim views of homosexuality as a purely "Western" creation have been explored in the film Dangerous ...
"Review of Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Reflection on Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Muslims". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 38 (1): 130– 133. ISSN 1353-0194. MacIver, Erin (July 2013). "Homosexuality in Islam: critical reflection on gay, lesbian and transgender Muslims". Culture, Health & Sexuality. 15 (sup1): 108– 110.
In conservative Islamic nations, laws generally prohibit same-sex sexual behaviour, and interpretation of Sharia Law on male homosexuality carries the death penalty. [322] This has been condemned as a violation of human rights by human rights organisation Amnesty International and by the writers of the Yogyakarta principles .
Gay Muslims (2006) is a Channel 4 documentary about a man named Joe Zakar, produced and directed by Cara Lavan, about the experiences of five Muslim people who identify as lesbian and gay and how they challenge the heterosexual-worldview within Islam, and attempt to integrate Islam with homosexuality.
El-Rouayheb argues his thesis by stating that essentialist views of homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic world generally do not consider the contrast between the two roles in anal intercourse (liwāt): active and passive, the contrast between chaste desire (‘ishq) and sexual desire, and the contrast between anal intercourse and other kinds of sexual acts. [3]
In France, there was "an Islamic same-sex marriage" on February 18, 2012. [120] In Paris in November 2012 a room in a Buddhist prayer hall was used by gay Muslims and called a "gay-friendly mosque", [121] and a French Islamic website [122] is supporting religious same-sex marriage.