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Vanderbilt University professor, Professor Awadh A. Binhazim, Ph.D. answers a question about punishment of homosexuals in accordance with Islamic law.
"You just cannot persecute someone because you think they are homosexual, for example. It has to be a clear proofs...(unintelligible)...of that situation ."
He also states:
"I don't have a choice as a Muslim to accept or reject teachings. I go with what Islam teaches."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAW743OXC8o
From the Vanderbilt University website:
Awadh A. Binhazim, Ph.D.
Muslim Student Association
Awadh A. Binhazim is currently a Professor of Pathology at Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Adjunct Professor of Islam at the Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, Adjunct Professor of Africana Studies at Tennessee State University.
Awadh Amir Binhazim was born and raised in Kenya. He studied Islam in the traditional styles of attending Madrassah at childhood age and completed his undergraduate studies at the King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, Masters of Science at University of Nairobi, Kenya, and finally his Ph.D. in Pathology at The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Professor Binhazim's interest in Islam is in Comparative Religions and Islamic Jurisprudence. He has given numerous lectures on Islam in theology classes, local churches, law enforcement agencies, and at many universities throughout the U.S., Canada, and Kenya. He has appeared in many Radio and TV programs to discuss various issues on Islam. He is the founder and program director of a series of courses (offered for free to those interested) on Islam held in Nashville, Tennessee. Within these courses as well as at the Divinity School of Vanderbilt University, Professor Binhazim teaches about Islamic beliefs, spirituality, and moral code of Islam, monotheism, Muslim cultures, and civilizations. In addition, Professor Binhazim has presented several lectures on the topic of Muslims and their presence in the Americas before Columbus. Professor Binhazim is the Director of the Da'wah and Outreach program of the Islamic Center of Nashville and serves as the spokesperson of the Muslim community in Nashville. A recent short course on Islam at St. George's Episcopal Church showcases his lectures.
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/religiouslife/staff2.html
FirstClass
01-28-2010, 12:54
Vanderbilt University professor, Professor Awadh A. Binhazim, Ph.D. answers a question about punishment of homosexuals in accordance with Islamic law.
I am curious to know why homosexuality is punishable by death, and yet islam encourages sex with young boys.
I have also spoken to several soldiers who have been deployed to iraq and they have said that homosexuality is very common, but seems to be kept behind closed doors.
Muslim Professor on Islam Mandating Death to Homosexuals
Not a whole lot different than how the average non-scholarly Muslim off the street interprets Shariah as well…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qxjocm5fCc&feature=related
Edited to add:
FirstClass Sir, the below link is an attempt to answer you question :-)
http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=304199&postcount=10
I am curious to know why homosexuality is punishable by death, and yet islam encourages sex with young boys.
I have also spoken to several soldiers who have been deployed to iraq and they have said that homosexuality is very common, but seems to be kept behind closed doors.
Muslim apostate Abul Kasem addresses this contradiction in a 6-part series, Sex and Sexuality in Islam.
This essay is an attempt to expose the hypocrisy, double standard, unfairness, absurdity and sheer irrationality of Islam when it comes to sex. It also examines the barbaric rules that Islam inflicts on innocent people for having a simple sexually satisfying relationship whether one is married or not that Islam unjustly and illogically construes as 'haram.'
http://www.islam-watch.org/AbulKasem/SexInIslam/sex_and_sexuality_in_islam.htm
A timely article from Fox News.
January 28, 2010
Afghan Men Struggle With Sexual Identity, Study Finds
An unclassified study from a military research unit in southern Afghanistan details how homosexual behavior is unusually common among men in the large ethnic group known as Pashtuns -- though they seem to be in complete denial about it.
As if U.S. troops and diplomats didn't have enough to worry about in trying to understand Afghan culture, a new report suggests an entire region in the country is coping with a sexual identity crisis.
An unclassified study from a military research unit in southern Afghanistan details how homosexual behavior is unusually common among men in the large ethnic group known as Pashtuns -- though they seem to be in complete denial about it.
The study, obtained by Fox News, found that Pashtun men commonly have sex with other men, admire other men physically, have sexual relationships with boys and shun women both socially and sexually -- yet they completely reject the label of "homosexual." The research was conducted as part of a longstanding effort to better understand Afghan culture and improve Western interaction with the local people.
The research unit, which was attached to a Marine battalion in southern Afghanistan, acknowledged that the behavior of some Afghan men has left Western forces "frequently confused."
The report details the bizarre interactions a U.S. Army medic and her colleagues had with Afghan men in the southern province of Kandahar.
In one instance, a group of local male interpreters had contracted gonorrhea anally but refused to believe they could have contracted it sexually -- "because they were not homosexuals."
Apparently, according to the report, Pashtun men interpret the Islamic prohibition on homosexuality to mean they cannot "love" another man -- but that doesn't mean they can't use men for "sexual gratification."
The group of interpreters who had contracted gonorrhea joked in the camp that they actually got the disease by "mixing green and black tea." But since they refused to heed the medics' warnings, many of them re-contracted the disease after receiving treatment.
The U.S. army medic also told members of the research unit that she and her colleagues had to explain to a local man how to get his wife pregnant.
The report said: "When it was explained to him what was necessary, he reacted with disgust and asked, 'How could one feel desire to be with a woman, who God has made unclean, when one could be with a man, who is clean? Surely this must be wrong.'"
The Pashtun populations are concentrated in the southern and eastern parts of the country. The Human Terrain Team that conducted the research is part of a military effort to learn more about local populations.
The report also detailed a disturbing practice in which older "men of status" keep young boys on hand for sexual relationships. One of the country's favorite sayings, the report said, is "women are for children, boys are for pleasure."
The report concluded that the widespread homosexual behavior stems from several factors, including the "severe segregation" of women in the society and the "prohibitive" cost of marriage.
Though U.S. troops are commonly taught in training for Afghanistan that the "effeminate characteristics" of Pashtun men are "normal" and not an indicator of homosexuality, the report said U.S. forces should not "dismiss" the unique version of homosexuality that is actually practiced in the region "out of desire to avoid western discomfort."
Otherwise, the report said, Westerners could "risk failing to comprehend an essential social force underlying Pashtun culture."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/28/afghan-men-struggle-sexual-identity-study-finds/
testedone
01-28-2010, 15:31
A timely article from Fox News.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/28/afghan-men-struggle-sexual-identity-study-finds/
This was the norm for the locals in RC East.. we thought they were joking at first...:eek:
Utah Bob
01-28-2010, 17:37
And people complain about Don't Ask. Don't tell......
testedone
01-28-2010, 17:39
The locals would joke with us about "man love Thursday" then a good terp told us that they do it on Thursday so that they can then pray on Friday and things would be all better...spiritually speaking of course...sick things man..