LGBTQ Propaganda for Muslims in the West: 'Muslim and Lesbian' Nothing to Reconcile

The propaganda of LGBTQ practices has been dramatically increasing worldwide. Yet, the debate today in many Western countries is no longer about accepting or rejecting the idea of homosexuality. Rather, a new wave of Muslims is claiming that it is permissible for a Muslim to be an LGBTQ+ and that there is no direct prohibition of homosexuality in Islamic references. Spreading those fallacies fueled confusion and ambiguity for many young or newly converted Muslims. The current report gives a clear answer about the reasons why same-gender relationships are sinful in Islam.

The media is one of the most powerful tools directing public opinion and shaping popular understanding and beliefs all over the world.

Throughout a strong mediatic coverage, a new trend of Muslim Imams, famous Muslim figures promote the LGBTQ practices as “natural orientations and fundamental rights that do not contradict with the Islamic belief system.”

For instance, the US Muslim historian Blair Imani revealed that she is lesbian during an interview with Fox News and said in a TEDx show: “When I converted to Islam people started asking me how do I reconcile being a person of faith and being queer. My answer was that in the Quran there is no condemnation of same-gender loving relationships.”

She added: “The story of Sodom and Gomorrah and the story of Lut [Lot] were about people who are doing horrible things, acts of rape, acts of incest, acts that we know in human psychology cause trauma and pain. Not same-gender relationships that do not cause trauma and pain.”

The major television show The Bold Type portrayed Adena El-Amin as a “proud Muslim lesbian,” played by Nikohl Boosheri.

On the same track, the French-Algerian imam Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed, the American Daayiee Abdullah and the Australian Nur Warsame, and other Imams proclaimed that Islam and homosexuality are compatible.

This misguiding discourse fuels confusion among members of the Muslim community in the West and make them wonder about the true relation between Islam and LGBTQ. Many Islamic organizations and Muslim community leaders and workers stressed that: "Muslim and Lesbian" nothing to reconcile.

 

Very Clear Prohibition Messages

The Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) affirmed that the Quran has been very clear on important and core matters in Islam, and from amongst these topics is the practices of LGBTQ. “It has been recently claimed that there is nothing in the Quran that clearly states the Islamic position on the practice of homosexuality. This claim is utterly untrue and falsified.”

ANIC pointed out that: “From the Islamic standpoint, homosexuality is a forbidden action; a major sin and anyone who partakes in it is considered a disobedient servant to Allah that will acquire His displeasure and disapproval. This is clearly stated in the three main sources of the Shariah: The Quran, the Sunnah, and the consensus of all scholars, which extends from the time of the Prophet till today. There has never been any debate or discussion regarding this viewpoint amongst the scholars, past or present, simply because the matter was always comprehensive and immutable."

ANIC, representing over 200 Imams from across Australia, strongly rejects any claim that the ruling of the practice of homosexuality is not clear in the Quran. This stems from absolute ignorance of Islam and its principles.

The Quranic verse that clearly prohibits same-gender sex instead of rape is: “And (remember) Lut (Lot), when he said to his people: ‘Do you commit the worst sin such as none preceding you has committed in the ‘Aalameen (mankind and jinn)? Verily, you practice your lusts on men instead of women. Nay, but you are a people transgressing beyond bounds (by committing great sins)’” [al-A’raaf 7:80-81]

 

Nothing Wrong About Attraction

A counselor in Cleveland Ohio told Al-Estiklal: “The attraction is not abnormal but acting upon the attraction is sinful. Few people might get romantically and or sexually attracted to the same sex under certain conditions. Yet, as a Muslim, we must not act upon these intrusive thoughts, we should only act upon what is accepted by Allah."

The counselor added: “some young people claim that It is ‘unfair’ to be attracted to someone of the same sex yet get married to the socially accepted, so-called ‘appropriate’ partner from the opposite sex. They will have to endure a miserable life without ‘love.’ My answer to this claim is that we need to have a strong belief in the Almighty Allah and trust that He has our best interest in heart. When the person is striving to avoid sinful acts, Allah rewards them and guides their hearts to serenity and their life to happiness.”

 

Integrative Relationship

Dr. Sana Abed is an academician, holding a Ph.D. in the interpretation and the sciences of the Quran, told Al-Estiklal: "The origin of humanity goes back to Adam and Eve. God did not create for Adam a man like him, nor did He create Eve a woman like her. Rather, He created Eve from Adam and made her a source of love and affection for him."

She stressed that: “The relationship between a man and a woman is not only sexual but rather an integrative relationship in body, soul, thought, mind and social responsibilities. The need between them is innate and natural.”

She added: “Men and women are essential to the continuation of humanity and to the natural reproduction process. The relationship between men and women is natural and instinct-based, it is strange that we find that some want to give an Islamic sense to a forbidden relationship, in order to fit in the spirit of the times. In the Quran, there is a complete story of the Prophet of God, Lut. As his people practiced this forbidden relationship."

Dr. Sena quoted the narrative of Ibn ‘Abbaas saying: “The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said, ‘cursed is the one who does the action of the people of Lut.’ (Narrated by Ahmad, 1878). Once again, the Hadith is very explicit and comprehensible in its meaning and many more similar Hadiths can be found to support this ruling.”

 

Spreading Awareness

It is necessary to mention that many Muslim organizations and individuals around the world are engaged to shed light on LGBTQ as a practice that is prohibited in Islam. Many of them also campaign for the abolition of the propaganda of LGBTQ in public spaces typically for minors. Yet, they emphasize that they are rejecting homosexuality, not homosexuals. Tolerance and respect are due to all human beings, but attitudes can be argued.

Mary, a social worker in the US, told Al-Estiklal: “In the Islamic communities we have LGBT members attending different mosques. Many will say that this is impossible, well homosexuality is in every ethnic group, we should have no illusion about that. Instead of denying the facts, we need to understand, listen and try to help.”

Addressing LGBTQ tendencies requires Islamic knowledge along with psychological and social understanding to help confused people, their families, and friends not wanting them to go down this path.

Mery concluded: “It is of our duty to kindly raise awareness about the beauty and purity of the heterosexual relationships and the family structure, by showing models of loving, caring and happy Muslim couples and children.”