Islam and Human Rights *Gay Ho! Gay Ho! Homosexuality Is Legal! <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1517>*
Religious leaders may please keep their religious views private as it should be confined to the followers of their religion. If they have any objection, let them educate their followers on the flip side of homosexuality. Let them not try to impose their views on those who hold pragmatic views. If gays exist, let them exist. In any case they are not new in the society. They have existed in the society from time immoral, though they did not come out in the open for their cause as they do today. One can now see so many gays both men and women come out in the open without covering their faces. That means they have no worry over the possible social stigma to be attached to them. The government therefore has to be very rational and take a pragmatic view before deciding on the legalisation to make homosexuality legal. In any case very few were prosecuted under the penal provisions of Section 377 of IPC. The law itself was 148 years old introduced by Lord Macaulay during the colonial rule and certainly it needs to be reviewed keeping the present situation in mind. -- *A.M. Jamsheed Basha* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1517> Islam and Human Rights *The Battle between Monotheism and Homosexuality <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1519>* Traditional Patriarchal Norms Christianity Paradoxes: Doctrine versus Reality Gay Priests Tolerance of Homosexuality in Middle-Ages Christianity Christian Intolerance of Homosexuality and Hypocrisy Islam Judaism The Hebrew Book of Leviticus Attained Gay Marriage Rights Across the World The Nature of Homosexuality Conclusions More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1519> Urdu Section *If only Muslims had listened to Maulana Altaf Husain Haali <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1516>* *By Irshad Ahmad Haqqani* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1516> Islamic Ideology *Islam and homosexuality: A variety of opinions <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1515>* A variety of opinions on the subject of Islam and homosexuality led to a heated debate. Panelist *Amal Amireh*, professor of women and gender studies at George Mason University, said there are many homosexual Muslims that practice Islam, adding that it is important to speak for these people."Speaking about homosexuality and Islam is risky," Amireh said. "Not speaking about homosexuality and Islam is riskier." While a majority of the Muslim panellists agreed that homosexuality was permissible under Islam, some said being gay was against their religion. *Hisham Mahmoud,* a lecturer at Princeton University, said, "No jurist will ever accept homosexuality as a practice," and condoned the punishment of homosexuality. The lecturer's comment provoked an outburst of emotion from panellist *Imam* *Dayiee Abdullah* of the Al-Fatiha Foundation and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Religious Roundtable, both of which advocate for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Muslims.- - *Jennifer Tchinnosian ** ------------------------- *We must reiterate, as does Isabelle Levy in “Soins et croyances” [1] that all the worlds’ major religions and spiritual traditions—from the majority view in Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism to Christianity and Islam—condemn and forbid homosexuality. The great majority of rabbis hold the same position, as do the Pope and the Dalaï Lama, who condemns homosexuality. For these traditions, as for Freud (who speaks of “perversion”), homosexuality is considered to be “against nature,” an “expression of disequilibrium” in the growth of a person. The moral condemnation of homosexuality remains the majority opinion of all religions, and Islam is no exception. It would be senseless to wish to deny the facts, to contradict the textual sources and to force believers to perform intellectual contortions so that they can prove they are in tune with the times. -- *Tariq Ramadan* 3 Comments More..<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1515> -- Syed.Asadullah --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Asalam o Alaikum, You Are Receiving This Message, Because You Are A Member Of FOCUS ON ISLAM, A Google Group [..:: The Best Group For Nice Islamic Mails ::..] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ You can Post Your Comments and Suggestions to Me [Moderator of this Group] on this email address: [email protected] To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.google.com/group/focusonislam/ To post messages/mails to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Please forward our Mails to Your friends, and convence them to join our Group. 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