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Muslim attitudes to LGBTQ practices have varied throughout Islamic history; legal scholars condemned and often formulated punishments for homosexual acts, yet lenient (or often non-existent) enforcement allowed for toleration, and sometimes "celebration" of such acts. [11]
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]
Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Reflection on Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims is a book by Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle. It was published in 2010 by Oneworld Publications . See also
Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History, and Literature is a collection of essays edited by Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe and published in 1997 by New York University Press.
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.
Symbols of the world's largest religions displayed on rainbow flags at the Queer Easter, Germany. The relationship between religion and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people can vary greatly across time and place, within and between different religions and sects, and regarding different forms of homosexuality, bisexuality, non-binary, and transgender identities.
Abu Zaid al-Jazrawi, a senior commander of ISIL, raped a 15-year-old boy who was later thrown off a building in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, for being gay.Al-Jazrawi was reportedly flogged and forced to leave Syria and join the fighting fronts in northwestern Iraq.
Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims is a non-fiction book by Scott Alan Kugle . It was published in 2013 by NYU Press , and it describes the lives of fifteen queer Muslims.