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Using every kind of human knowledge
AGAINST INFRAHUMANIZATION
CALEM – 2010
(Paris – France)
Confederation of associations LGBTQI, European and Muslim
A conference organized on the initiative of HM2F,
thanks to our sister organizations.
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A – Infrahumanization, theoretically
B – Infrahumanizing sexual minorities
C – Is Islam a homophobic religion by nature ?
CONCLUSION : Islam is a living, breathing, humanist
religion !
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A - THEORETICALY
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That social phenomenon is
tacitly held by an unconscious
belief that one’s in-group is
more human than an
out-group
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SOCIAL PHENOMENON
Produced by an individual or a
group of individuals ; here is the
“recipe” to ostracize someone without
feeling guilty about it…
(doesn’t mean they are not guilty !)
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UNCONTROLABLE
Infrahumanization is a basic,
instinctive reaction ;
endangered groups reinforce
their group frontiers; scapegoats
to catharsis in-group fears !
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ANIMAL INSTINCT
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Endorsed by a majority, against a minority
Being more numerous helps to thing you are right
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Denial of Humanity
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Robust scientific proofs
(“they have no true human
emotions” - “they are beasts” - “they have no human
faith” - “it is not a sin to hurt them”...)
The more participants infrahumanize the out-group
member the less likely they were to help.
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NO emotions, NO faith
“Denial of humanness associated with
extreme intergroup violence such as
genocide”
(Leyens & al.)
[1] Leyens & al. (2009). “From infra-humanization to discrimination: The mediation of symbolic
threat needs egalitarian norms”. Journal of experimental social psychology; 45-2, p.336-344.
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MORTAL SOCIAL ILLUSION
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B - INFRAHUMANIZING
sexual minorities
(personnal reflexion, no true or faulse answer…)
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(like Leyens & al. said that violence, sometimes
could genocide an entire population
: Nazis,
apartheid, sexual minorities… scapegoat !)
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Why is it so important for them insist on
homosexuality, as “one of the most
sensitive issues facing Muslims living in
the West, particularly in Europe” ?
-The Manifesto, telling who we are and
what are we fighting for
- An article,“Homosexuality and Islam” ;
he deconstruction of the homophobic
violents opinions from some islamists.
-And more inch’Allah …
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This is a question we need to think of all
together. HM2F concrete proposals for our
network :
The executioner need infrahumanization to
violate the victim’s human dignity
Infrahumanization makes the victim suffering,
it certainly alienates the executioner
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We shall insist on “Rahma”, an entire surat
dedicated to empathy
Continue pointing at stigma, & discrimination,
fight prejudices
18th century European doctors were wrong, direct indirect violence
Neither Islam nor LGBT have anything to
win from direct nor indirect violence of
infrahumanization , dehumanization !!!
[2] http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/
[3] American Psychiatric Association - DSMIV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual :
http://www.psych.org/mainmenu/research/dsmiv/dsmivtr.aspx
[4] Amnesty international report : http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/POL30/003/2008/en/d77ce647-4cd3-11dd-bca2bb9d43f3e059/pol300032008eng.pdf
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Peaceful dialogue to educate, purify ourselves,
others representation
Non hegemonic,
dogmatic,
Universal
identitary
representation
(educate all Muslims, us
and them; purify
our/their cognitive
representations about
being LGBT
Fight Stigma,
discriminations
Fight Violence
Promote Peace
and Knowledge
Challenging
extremismS !
Against Muslims,
& LGBT Muslims
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‫التسفية و التربية‬
C - ISLAM is not HOMOPHOBIC!
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forget
our
prophet’s
“Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every
Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one
brotherhood. Nothing shall be legitimate to a
Muslim which belongs to a fellow Muslim
unless it was given freely and willingly. Do
not, therefore, do injustice to yourselves.”
(many other hadiths and Quran’s verse about jurisdictional right / wrong : collected
anyway 200 years after our prophet’s death ASWS))
What could be more important for a free willing
Muslim than his/her human dignity !?
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We shall never
wisdom ASWS :
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Accepted that « mukhannathun »
served his children and wives.
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He defended what we call today
transidentitary Muslims against what
we call today « homophobia.
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People of Loth quoted in the quran
are
about
violent
sexual
relationships, devoted to a pagan
goddess (nothing to do with “homosexuality”
or love between same sex consentent individuals).
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Our Prophet Mohammed
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“Rules” are confounded with traditions
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Traditions change from one spatiotemporal
context to another
We have to
humanism !
embrace
the
(Scott Siraj al-Aqq – “Homosexuality and Islam”, 2010)
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Religion is not about rules, but about
secularized humanism…
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We have no choice but to see the truth : Religion
claims to come from the Universal our Lord
Imams and philosophers for human rights, against
homophobia (imam T. Oubrou)
Modern humanist representation added to the
Islamic theological corpus (A. Bidar)
We are building our own
“LGBTQI Islamic Theology liberation”
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That is a global renewal that Islam needs, feminists
LGBT Muslims are at the forefront of it, and
infrahumanization has no place in such Islamic
humanism …
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We have to fight back, peacefully, the violence of
infrahumanization – which is an animal, instinctive group
social reaction.
We are lucky and blessed to be a part of that rising
Islamic LGBTQI activism.
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Sexuality is a benediction that ought to be leaved in Peace –
Islam means being in Peace.
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“But lo! with hardship goeth ease ,
Lo! with hardship goeth ease ;
So when thou art relieved , still toil
94.8 . And strive to please thy Lord.”
(Quran : 95, 5-8)
‫اللة اعلم‬
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[2] http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/
[3] American Psychiatric Assocaition - DSMIV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual :
http://www.psych.org/mainmenu/research/dsmiv/dsmivtr.aspx
[4] Amnesty international report : http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/POL30/003/2008/en/d77ce6474cd3-11dd-bca2-bb9d43f3e059/pol300032008eng.pdf
M. Hendricks answer to T. Ramadan’s article entitled “Islam and homosexuality” :
http://theinnercircle.org.za/?p=1497
Hegemonic masculinity : http://history.anu.edu.au/files/documents/Connell&Mess_HegemonicMasc.pdf
A. Bidar (2008). « L'islam sans soumission: pour un existentialisme musulman », p.36. Albin Michel, Paris
S.S.A. Kugle (2010). “homosexuality and Islam”. Oneworld Publications; Oxford, England.
M. Al-Ghazali (1981). « Le Tabernacle des lumières », traduction de Roger Deladrière. Editions du Seuil,
Paris.
I. Ibn-Kathir (2007). « As-Sira : la biographie du prophète Mohammed, les débuts de l’islam », traduction de
Messaoud Boudjenoun. Editions Universel, Paris.
F. Lenoir (2008). “Petit traité de l’histoire des religions”. Plon, Paris.
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[1] Leyens & al. (2009). “From infra-humanization to discrimination: The mediation of symbolic threat needs
egalitarian norms”. Journal of experimental social psychology; 45-2, p.336-344.