15 minutes ago8 The World's Most Famous Hojaries of Homosexuality
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(4 years ago)World religions are trying to reconcile themselves with homosexuality. As the LGBT community strengthens, atrocities against the community are still very common. Dayie Abdullah has talked about homosexuality and Islam. That some Muslim mother-in-law is a fact that very few of us know. Africa-American Daayie Abdullah (62) is one of the few imams [...]
Dayie Abdullah has talked about homosexuality and Islam. That some Muslim mother-in-law is a fact that very few of us know.
African-American Daayie Abdullah (62) is one of the few publicly gay imams in the world. Born in Detroit by southern Baptist parents, he was converted to Islam when he was 30 years old. A law graduate, Daayie is the imam of the mosque in Washington DC, which is proud that he is LGBT.
Kissing men with men in Muslim countries is a custom and a sign of friendship.
The Muslims have placed themselves in a very narrow generation and it is breaking apart, literally. There's nothing wrong with the Koran. The problem is how people have interpreted it, “says Dayie
Dayie says Islam approves of homosexuality. According to him, there's nothing in the Koran that says something against him. It speaks of men who have no desire for women and women who do not reproduce. Also in chapter 24, verse 31 and 32, especially verse 32 says “marry unmarried people from among you” even if they are “among the captives”. The Koran does not suggest gender for marriage.
During my search in Saudi Arabia, I found a positive interpretation of homosexuality in the Koran. But the literature that comes out of the Roma and Seleucid schools gives an incorrect interpretation to”, the gay hoja said.
Dayiee and several other open-minded Islamic scholars in the West argue that the best environment for Islam, and the best way to taste the spirit of Islam, is in a secular and open society.
If the question is we exist, of course, we exist. There's 12 gay names in the world and eight are open homosexuals. It is not difficult for an individual to be openly a homosexual imam, but it depends on cultural context. In the West, much more homosexual imams or Muslim homosexuals are accepted. In the predominantly Muslim states, a vast majority will be in trouble. It's not necessarily a problem with governments, but it's a problem with their culture” said homosexual daayie hoja.
