![]() Likewise, the story of Lot and the cities of Sodom and Gemorrah in Genesis 19 in the Christian and Jewish scriptures also figures prominently in traditional Christian heteronormative discourses that attack homosexuality as depravity. These proscriptions against homosexuality are all rooted in the story of Lot as it is presented in the Qur’an. Lut’s people were addicted to this shameless depravity, abandoning natural, pure, lawful relations with women in the pursuit of this unnatural, foul and illicit practice (169). The story of the prophet Lut (Lot) as narrated in the Qur’an should be sufficient for us. The influential contemporary Egyptian Muslim scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi, in his popular book Al-Halal wal-Haram fil Islam ( The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam), describes homosexuality as a “sexual deviation” and “abominable practice”, arguing that: It is even viler and uglier than adultery (664). There is consensus among both Muslims and the followers of all other religions that sodomy is an enormity. In more than one place in the Holy Koran, Allah recounts to us the story of Lot’s people, and how He destroyed them for their wicked practice. ![]() ![]() #Story of lut sodom manualFor example, a classic 14 th century manual of Islamic jurisprudence, Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri’s “Umdat al-Salik ( Reliance of the Traveller) states that: What is the position of Islam on homosexuality? A quick search through Muslim sources renders the answer that homosexuality is overwhelmingly considered haram or forbidden. Scriptural Sodom is a necessary battleground for queer believers of all the Abrahamic traditions (Shannahan, 676). A Muslim Non-Heteronormative Reading of the Story of Lot: Liberation Theology for LGBTIQ Muslims? ![]()
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