tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post2364165091834109640..comments2024-03-03T22:12:54.997-08:00Comments on Living the Journey: A Jihad for LoveKate Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478737570632377733noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post-20371005661980621262008-06-09T10:29:00.000-07:002008-06-09T10:29:00.000-07:00If you see the movie, Becky, let me know what you ...If you see the movie, Becky, let me know what you think. I'm going to find it on Netflix.Kate Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16478737570632377733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562902658148179903.post-14067247805349812222008-06-08T14:45:00.000-07:002008-06-08T14:45:00.000-07:00The whole issue of homosexuality in Islam in fasci...The whole issue of homosexuality in Islam in fascinating. A while back I wrote a piece called <A HREF="http://girlinshortshorts.blogspot.com/2007/09/pakistani-bikini.html" REL="nofollow">Pakistani Bikini</A> which is by far the most popular of all my posts--almost all the viewers coming from Islamic countries.<BR/><BR/>Even though homosexuality is a crime, punishable by a beating at best, at worst execution, and there is no non-perjorative word for it in Arabic--male homosexuality is actually the norm Young men are not permitted to associate or even look at women--as a result there is a lot of, essentially rape, of young boys and enfeminate men. There is a silence about this--but it goes a long ways toward explaining some of the sexual tensions and suppressions in Islamic countires--and the culture as a whole.<BR/><BR/>It is different with women. Can you imagine anthing more oppressive than being a woman AND gay in a Muslim country? But it is interesting that Osama bin Laden's worst nightmare may be the spikey haired lesbian Muslim. Irshad Mnji is a reformer of her religion, who lives under a fatwa.<BR/><BR/>But another interesting thing is that in the Koran, like the Bible, there is exceedingly little space devpoted to the suject of homosexuality, and in each there is only one ambiguous passage that might refer to lesbianism. Nonetheless, it has, in its fundie form, like in Christianity, taken on an imortance all out of proportion.<BR/><BR/>One closeted soltution that has been happening is <A HREF="http://girlinshortshorts.blogspot.com/2008/04/gay-muslim-seeks-islamic-lesbian-bride.html" REL="nofollow">gay men marrying lesbians</A>--a marrige of convenice that they can find shelter under, without the hypocrisy of marrying an unknowing partner of the opposite sex.<BR/><BR/>~BeckyBecky C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06415067599794969890noreply@blogger.com