Homosexuality, Transidentity, and Islam

This book builds on existing scholarship in a variety of disciplines on the topic of gender and sexuality in Islam.

Auteur

Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed is currently the director of the CALEM Institute (Marseille). He did a master's degree from the École normale supérieure de Paris (ENS), a doctorate in social psychology, and a doctorate from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS). He was the founder of the association of queer Muslims in France, Homosexuel-es musulman-es de France (HM2F), as well as the association for young people living with HIV/AIDS in France, Tour du monde des enfants du sida (TMDES). In addition, he was the founding imam of the first European inclusive mosque (Paris).Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed is currently the director of the CALEM Institute (Marseille). He did a master's degree from the École normale supérieure de Paris (ENS), a doctorate in social psychology, and a doctorate from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS). He was the founder of the association of queer Muslims in France, Homosexuel-es musulman-es de France (HM2F), as well as the association for young people living with HIV/AIDS in France, Tour du monde des enfants du sida (TMDES). In addition, he was the founding imam of the first European inclusive mosque (Paris).

Contenu

ForewordIntroductionI - The Qur'anic Ethics of "Nature": Gender, Sexuality, and Diversity1a. Human Nature: Mirroring the Will of God1b. Condemnation of "immoral" practicesII - Distressing Qur'anic Verses?2a. The Original Sodomy: Forbidding Ritual Rape2b. The Absence of Female Homosexuality in the Qur'an2c. Positive Identification of Gender Minorities in the Qur'anIII - The Prophet: A Living Incarnation of Qur'anic Ethics3a. Was the Prophet Homophobic and Transphobic?3b. The Status of Mukhanathun: "Effeminate," Trans, or Gay Men?3c. The First "Sodomite": Neither Gay nor Trans, but a RapistIV - Islamic Apocrypha Advocating the Stoning of "Sodomites"4a. The Sectarian Ideology of Fatwas Associating "Sodomy" With Apostasy4b. A Former Mukhannath's Internalized Homophobia and Misogyny4c. What the Different Islamic Schools of Thought AdvocateV - Post-colonial OrientalismsVI - "Abnormals": from cultural diversity to dogmatic uniformityVII - Towards a Structural Reevaluation of Cultural ValuesVIII - Panarabist Literary and Identity CensorshipIX - Orientalist Shi'ism and Literary Homo-eroticismX - Homonationalism and Performative Sexual CategorizationXI - A "Crisis" of Categories, Geopolitics or CivilizationConclusionAfterwordBibliographyIndex