From Power to Pleasure: Homosexuality in the Arab-Muslim World from Lakhi’a to <i>al-mukhannathun</i>

We propose a historical-philological analysis of the attitudes in Islam and Arab culture toward practices of masculine homosexuality (from the pre-Islamic period until end of the first century of Hijra) based on a review of scriptural (Qur’an, Sunnah, fiqh) and literary sources. We hypothesize the e...

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Published in:	Religions
Main Authors:	Akeel Almarai, Alessandra Persichetti
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Subjects:	male homosexuality <i>liwat</i> <i>majbus</i> <i>mukhannath</i> revisionist hermeneutics Islamic reformism
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/2/186