Open AccessScott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle, Homosexuality in Islam
Author(s) -
Shadaab Rahemtulla
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v28i1.1275
Subject(s) - islam , homosexuality , transgender , formative assessment , lesbian , gender studies , religious studies , sociology , theology , philosophy , pedagogy
Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle’s Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Reflectionon Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims is a comprehensive, engaging,and original rereading of the formative Islamic texts and traditions. Targetedat both academic and popular readers, the book has two prime objectives:to push heterosexual Muslims to confront their own prejudices abouthomosexuality within the Muslim community, and to give lesbian, gay, andtransgender Muslims greater confidence and the ability to speak about theirsexual realities in regard to the Islamic intellectual tradition ...