Increasingly in mainstream discourse and rhetoric, there only seems
to be one very serious and conservative face to Islam, Muslim
communities, and their governments. Mainstream modern Islamic
hermeneutics condemn homosexual orientations, sometimes with
punishments as severe as death. Nevertheless, there were also
instances in Muslim history, culture, and society where religiosity
was playful not punitive, where the sexual body was inscribed with
markers of pleasure not those of perdition. Exploring instances
within the Arabian Islamic Empire that negate impressions about
Muslim cultures as eternally monolithic, conservative, and
orthodox, we can come to a better and more nuanced understanding of
the complexities of former and contemporary Muslim civilizations.
The question of gay and lesbian human rights in the Muslim world is
a topical and pressing one, and the need now for alternative ways
of approaching Islam in the modern world is more important than
ever. The answers to today's modern crisis in human rights for
LGBTIQ people lies in looking at the past and highlighting elements
that can assist in the creation of a more equitable future. This
publication discovers and brings to the English reader an array of
surviving texts penned by Muslim scholars discussing female samesex
desire. From the tolerant days of the Abbasid caliphate to the
celebratory text of Yusuf Tifashi in the thirteenth century and
onwards toward growing strictures and greater intolerance,
Arabo-Islamic Texts reveals a dynamic and lively discourse on
sexuality in the Arabo-Islamic empire. The English translation of a
lecture delivered in Arabic in Haifa by Samar Habib is also
included in this book.
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