Islamic Law and Muslim Same-Sex Unions
Seiten
2016
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8937-5 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8937-5 (ISBN)
This book builds a case for Muslim same-sex unions for the fulfillment of gay and lesbian Muslims’ human need for intimacy, affection, and companionship. In constructing this case, the book extensively engages with the Muslim tradition, drawing on the Qur’an, Hadith, and jurisprudence as well as contemporary scholarship.
This book is written with the objective of reasonably addressing the need of Muslim gays and lesbians for a life which involves intimacy, affection and companionship within the confines of a legal contract. Contemporary conservative Muslim leaders unreasonably promote false marriages with straight spouses, failing which they prescribe the “solution” of permanent celibacy as a “test.” This book delves into an extensive scholarship on the same sources that conservative Muslim leaders draw on—the Qur’an, Hadith and jurisprudence. It is argued that the primary sources of Muslim knowledge addressed sexual acts between the same gender in the context of inhospitality, exploitation, coercion and disease, but not true same-sex unions; past Muslim scholarship is silent on the issue of sexual orientation and Muslim same-sex unions. The arguments of contemporary conservative Muslim leaders are deconstructed and the case for Muslim same-sex unions is made based on jurisprudential principles and thorough arguments from within the Muslim tradition.
This book is written with the objective of reasonably addressing the need of Muslim gays and lesbians for a life which involves intimacy, affection and companionship within the confines of a legal contract. Contemporary conservative Muslim leaders unreasonably promote false marriages with straight spouses, failing which they prescribe the “solution” of permanent celibacy as a “test.” This book delves into an extensive scholarship on the same sources that conservative Muslim leaders draw on—the Qur’an, Hadith and jurisprudence. It is argued that the primary sources of Muslim knowledge addressed sexual acts between the same gender in the context of inhospitality, exploitation, coercion and disease, but not true same-sex unions; past Muslim scholarship is silent on the issue of sexual orientation and Muslim same-sex unions. The arguments of contemporary conservative Muslim leaders are deconstructed and the case for Muslim same-sex unions is made based on jurisprudential principles and thorough arguments from within the Muslim tradition.
Junaid Jahangir is assistant professor of economics at MacEwan University. Hussein Abdullatif is a pediatric endocrinologist affiliated with the Children's Hospital of Alabama and University of Alabama Hospital.
Foreword, Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle
Introduction
1. Some Clarifications
2. Analysis of the Relevant Qur’anic Verses
3. Analyzing the Hadith Tradition—The Prophet, Companions and the Followers
4. Sunni Narratives on Heterosexual Anal Intercourse—Ityan bi-l-dubur
5. Revisiting Muslim Jurisprudence
6. Addressing the Opinions of Contemporary Scholars
7. Conclusion: Toward a Queer-Positive Muslim Jurisprudence
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.10.2016 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 238 mm |
| Gewicht | 626 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7391-8937-9 / 0739189379 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7391-8937-5 / 9780739189375 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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