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 | More liberal movements within these religions often tend to stress logic, reason, and personal experience. This includes scientific findings. It is only since about 1950 that homosexuality has been seriously studied by human sexuality researchers. Liberal individuals and groups within Christianity, Islam and other religions have been quick to incorporate scientific findings within their ethical and religious beliefs. They generally regard homosexuality as a sexual orientation which is ethically neutral, fixed, unchosen, and is normal and natural for a minority of adults. |
| More conservative movements tend to stress revelation and tradition. Their beliefs are anchored to the past. Their beliefs are much less liable to change rapidly. They generally regard homosexuality as a deviate and disordered behavior, which is immoral, changeable, chosen, abnormal and unnatural. |
A person's beliefs about homosexuality tend to be determined less by their religion, then where their beliefs lie on the liberal-conservative divide. For this reason, conservative Christians and Muslims tend to have similar beliefs about the nature and origin(s) of homosexuality, as well as God's attitude towards homosexuals.
According to the International Lesbian and Gay Association ILGA there are at least seven countries today which still retain capital punishment for homosexuality: Afghanistan, Iran, Mauritania, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen. The situation with regard to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is unclear.
Topics covered in this section:
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Additional topic:
| Reasons why same-sex marriage is bad, given on Aljazeera's web site |
Books on homosexuality within Islam:
The following books are the result of a search of the Amazon.com book data base for "Islam homosexuality."
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Additional books:
| Badruddin Khan, "Sex, Longing & Not Belonging: A Gay Muslim's Quest for Love & Meaning", Bua Luang Publishing Company, (1997). Read reviews or order this book |
| Russell Leong, Ed., "American Sexualities; Dimensions of the Gay and Lesbian Experience," Read reviews or order this book |
| Stephen O. Murray (Editor) & J Will Roscoe (Editor), "Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History, & Literature", New York University Press, (1997). Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store |
| Rakesh Ratti, "A Lotus of Another Color: An Unfolding of the South Asian Gay & Lesbian Experience", Alyson Publ, (1993). Read reviews or order this book |
| Arno Schmitt & Jehoeda Sofer, Eds., "Sexuality and Eroticism Among Males in Moslem Societies," Haworth Gay&Lesbian Studies, Haworth Press, (1991). Read reviews or order this book |
| Arno Schmitt J Jehoeda Sofer, "Sexuality & Eroticism among Males in Moslem Societies", Harrington Park Press, (1990). Read reviews or order this book |
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Last update: 2005-DEC-31
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