God designs different kinds of tests for different people. No two people are given identical tests in every aspect of the test. To cite some examples, some people may be tested through poverty, others through poor health, others in the loss of their children and others still in the inability to have children. Here lies the heart of the test. Genuine believers, who have the awareness of the importance of the Hereafter when compared to this life, will make sure to pass their test and trust in God. They are ascertained that this life is but a fleeting moment when compared to the eternity of the Hereafter. Not only will they accept their test gracefully, but in fact they will turn their loss into a gain. The purity of their faith assures them that through passing their test they would have earned a prominent place in the Hereafter.
Whether some people are born with homosexual tendencies, or they acquire it after birth, they are all tested by God just like anyone else is tested. A homosexual person who reveres God and is blessed with genuine faith would indeed curb his tendencies and consider this to be his test.
The Quran decisively puts the argument of ‘Genetic or not’ to bed. The Quranic solution by-passes all genetic and social issues.
Whether
a person is born gay or is influenced by his social and cultural
circumstances to become so, he should curb any gay tendencies he may
have and accept this to be his test; the test given to him by God. ( via quran- islam.org )
Obey
Allah SWT and obey the messenger's message Qur'an not corrupted
ahadiths.Allah SWT's love and mercy is unlimited to anyone no matter
what, whether you are gay, lesbian, bi , transgender, queer, intersex,
black, white, yellow, red, tall, short, ugly, beautiful, pious, sinner, killer, winner, loser, drunk well you get my point.
Once you repent then nothing matters.
Now the topic of Homosexuality is a controversial one in the Islamic community.
It is rare to find open minded yet religious muslim who are accepting of homosexual marriage but all is not lost as there are a handful of them who support homosexuality and Homosexuality in itself isn't a sin in Islam, what most Muslims consider a sin is the "Homosexual acts".
Homosexuality has been misinterpreted by the earlier scholars from the start and has been passed down to what we have now but this isn't true or authentic because it is only subjective and biased.Allah SWT knows the best and only he can judge, no one has the right to pinpoint and say you are wrong or you are a sinner, prescibing punishments that even Allah SWT hasn't prescribed for them!
Once you repent then nothing matters.
Now the topic of Homosexuality is a controversial one in the Islamic community.
It is rare to find open minded yet religious muslim who are accepting of homosexual marriage but all is not lost as there are a handful of them who support homosexuality and Homosexuality in itself isn't a sin in Islam, what most Muslims consider a sin is the "Homosexual acts".
Homosexuality has been misinterpreted by the earlier scholars from the start and has been passed down to what we have now but this isn't true or authentic because it is only subjective and biased.Allah SWT knows the best and only he can judge, no one has the right to pinpoint and say you are wrong or you are a sinner, prescibing punishments that even Allah SWT hasn't prescribed for them!
The following is an extract from the Q & A by Scott Siraj Al Haqq Kugle.
DOES THE QUR’AN SPECIFICALLY MENTION SEXUAL DIVERSITY?
Yes. Surat al-Nur (Qur’an 24:31-24:33) specifically mentions “men who are not in need of women.” These “men who are not in need of women” might have been gay or asexual, but by definition they were not heterosexual men. They are not judged or condemned anywhere in the Qur’an.
DOES ISLAM SAY ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY?
DOES THE QUR’AN SPECIFICALLY MENTION SEXUAL DIVERSITY?
Yes. Surat al-Nur (Qur’an 24:31-24:33) specifically mentions “men who are not in need of women.” These “men who are not in need of women” might have been gay or asexual, but by definition they were not heterosexual men. They are not judged or condemned anywhere in the Qur’an.
DOES ISLAM SAY ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY?
No.
First of all, we can not say “Islam says…” or “the Islamic law says…”
because only people speak. Islam itself can not say anything. So where
can we look for answers? We can look in the Qur’an, which is the basis
of Islam. The Qur’an does not even mention the word “homosexuality,”
though. It does not refer to gays, lesbians, or bisexuals. In fact,
scholars had to come up with a term for homosexuality in Arabic. They
came up with al-shudhudh al-jinsi, a phrase that means “sexually rare or
unusual.” If the Qur’an mentioned homosexuality by name, scholars would
have simply used that term.DID THE PROPHET KNOW OF ANY KINDS OF SEXUAL
OR GENDER DIVERSITY?Yes. There were men in Arab society at the time of
the Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) who fit the Qur’an’s description of “men who
are not in need of women.” A detailed study of early Islamic literature
also showed that the Prophet accepted men called mukhanath. Mukhanath
were men who were seen as “acting like women”—they might be considered
transgender today or they might have been gay men whose sexual
orientation was seen as making them “like women.”
The Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) seemed to recognize these men were different from others. His wife, Umm Salama, had a mukhanath friend named Hit. Unlike other men, Hit was allowed to enter both men’s space and women’s space—Muhammad even trusted the mukhanath enough to let him enter the private women’s space of the Prophet’s household.DID THE PROPHET EVER PUNISH ANYONE FOR HOMOSEXUALITY OR HOMOSEXUALACTS?No. After the Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) died, his companions once discussed whether to punish a person for homosexuality. If the Prophet had ever done so, his companions would have simply referred to his decision. Since they didn’t know what to do, we know that the Prophet gave them no example to follow.
The Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) seemed to recognize these men were different from others. His wife, Umm Salama, had a mukhanath friend named Hit. Unlike other men, Hit was allowed to enter both men’s space and women’s space—Muhammad even trusted the mukhanath enough to let him enter the private women’s space of the Prophet’s household.DID THE PROPHET EVER PUNISH ANYONE FOR HOMOSEXUALITY OR HOMOSEXUALACTS?No. After the Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) died, his companions once discussed whether to punish a person for homosexuality. If the Prophet had ever done so, his companions would have simply referred to his decision. Since they didn’t know what to do, we know that the Prophet gave them no example to follow.
Thematic
readings let readers think about the bigger picture of what they are
reading. It lets readers consider the time and place of the stories in
the Qur’an, as well as other circumstances. Thematic reading is not a
“new” way to read the Qur’an. It is actually something that Muslims do automatically when reading some parts of the Qur’an.Classical
stories of the Prophets, called Qisas al-Anbiya, also contain thematic
readings. These stories are not exact records of the Prophets’ lives.
They are not intended to be read as fact. Instead, they were written to
make sense of the Qur’an’s short references to the lives of the
Prophets. Without knowing the whole story, the short references in the
Qur’an may not make much sense. The Qisas al-Anbiya try to fill in the
blanks so that the Qur’an references make sense.DO SEMANTIC AND THEMATIC
READINGS REVEAL ANYTHING ABOUT WHY THE PEOPLE OF LUT WERE PUNISHED BY
GOD?Yes. In the story, the Prophet Lut (PBUH) first advised the people
of the city of Sodom to follow God’s path, but they ignored him. Later,
the men of Sodom threatened to rape Lut’s male visitors, who were angels
disguised as men. God then punished the entire city of Sodom for
rejecting their Prophet (Lut) and for “transgressions.”Some
scholars interpret the “transgressions” in the story of Lut to refer to
male homosexuality. Yet the word “transgressions” in the Qur’an can
mean something sexual or something non-sexual. Men were not the only
ones punished in the destruction of Sodom. According to the Qur’an, the
whole city was destroyed. Lut’s wife is specifically mentioned. Were
Lut’s wife, other women and the children of Sodom punished for male
homosexuality? That does not seem to be a reasonable conclusion.
A thematic reading of the story of Lut can be found in the Qisas al-Anbiya (classical stories of the Prophets). A story written by the scholar Muhammad ibn Abdallah Al-Kisa’i puts the strange behavior of the men of the city of Sodom in a context that makes sense. Al-Kisa’i suggests that the people of Sodom had taken to showing their city’s dominance by raping strangers. They were showing that they could take what they wanted from others. In that way, people became afraid to raid the city. This showed aggressiveness, stinginess and greed—all things that would justify their punishment. A thematic reading also tells us that the story’s main purpose was to show that people had rejected their prophets in the past, as some rejected Muhammad during his lifetime, and how those who rejected prophets were punished. This is clear from the context of the story of Lut, which is placed among other stories with the same theme.WAS THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MEN OF SODOM AN EXPRESSION OF SEXUAL DESIRE?No. The Qu’ran says that the men of Sodom wanted to have sex with the visiting angels by force. This is an example of rape, not an example of sexual desire. Rape is about power. It is used to coerce, control or punish the victim.IS THERE ANY OTHER REASON TO THINK THIS IS THE CORRECT WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE STORY OF LUT?
A thematic reading of the story of Lut can be found in the Qisas al-Anbiya (classical stories of the Prophets). A story written by the scholar Muhammad ibn Abdallah Al-Kisa’i puts the strange behavior of the men of the city of Sodom in a context that makes sense. Al-Kisa’i suggests that the people of Sodom had taken to showing their city’s dominance by raping strangers. They were showing that they could take what they wanted from others. In that way, people became afraid to raid the city. This showed aggressiveness, stinginess and greed—all things that would justify their punishment. A thematic reading also tells us that the story’s main purpose was to show that people had rejected their prophets in the past, as some rejected Muhammad during his lifetime, and how those who rejected prophets were punished. This is clear from the context of the story of Lut, which is placed among other stories with the same theme.WAS THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MEN OF SODOM AN EXPRESSION OF SEXUAL DESIRE?No. The Qu’ran says that the men of Sodom wanted to have sex with the visiting angels by force. This is an example of rape, not an example of sexual desire. Rape is about power. It is used to coerce, control or punish the victim.IS THERE ANY OTHER REASON TO THINK THIS IS THE CORRECT WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE STORY OF LUT?
Yes. In two hadith—or stories of the Prophet Muhammad(PBUH)—there is support for this understanding of the story of Lut. In one, the Prophet Muhammad asked the archangel Jibra’il (Gabriel) why and how the people of Lut were destroyed. Jibra’il responded that they did not clean themselves after using the bathroom or having sex, they did not share their food, and they were covetous (wanting things that belonged to others) and stingy. In another hadith, someone asked the Prophet Muhammad about the penalty for stinginess and the Prophet told the story of the people of Lut.BASED ON THIS READING, WHAT SHOULD MUSLIMS TAKE AS THE LESSON OF THE STORY OF LUT?Based on this reading, the story of Lut can instruct Muslims to:
follow the example set by the Prophet Lut(PBUH) of hospitality, generosity and protection of people who are vulnerable, such as travelers.
avoid stinginess and greed.
condemn rape—and speak out against any use of sexual acts to coerce or control.
uphold and respect relationships based on consent, fairness, mutual support and love for one another( by dr.scott siraj al haqq kugle )
Romans 1:24-27( paul ), which condemns homosexuality in no uncertain terms:
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. (English Standard Version) new testament
The Arthashastra argues that some homosexual intercourse are an offence, and encourages chastity (however, this also applies to heterosexual intercourse). The Dharmashastra recognises, albeit reluctantly, the existence of homosexuality, and tries to repress it with fines and penances, without openly condemning it in religious or moral terms. The Manusmriti regards homosexuality as a source of ritual pollution, something to be expiated by Brahmin males through penance and ritual immersion.[5]
There are also numerous Hindu deities that are shown to be gender-fluid and falling into the LGBT spectrum.[4] Same-sex relations and gender variance have been represented within Hinduism from the Vedic times through to the present day, in rituals, law books, religious or narrative mythologies, commentaries, paintings, and even sculptures.by wikipedia
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