Transcript LIVING LIFE IN PEACE

LIVING LIFE IN PEACE
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH
FACILITATOR:
Imam Daayiee Abdullah
Spokesperson – Islamic Faith
 Islamic Community Builder
 Gay Muslim Redeemer
 Interfaith Dialogue
Promoter
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WHY AM I HERE?
HERE TO RECALL TO THE FAITH…
REMEMBERING ALLAH’S MERCY AND
BOUNTY IS INFINITE AND EVER
INCREASING…
WORDS TO REASSURE THE MIRACLE
OF LIVING LIFE IN PEACE…
PURPOSE OF WORKSHOP
FIND THE GREATER CENTER – ARE
YOU A MUSLIM?
SENSE OF INNER DIRECTION – HAD
YOUR IQRAA MOMENT?
TRANSITION THROUGH PRACTICE –
JOURNEY BEGINS WITH FIRST STEP
ALONG THE PATH
GAY MUSLIMS
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
GAY MUSLIMS HAVE MULTI-LAYERED
DIFFICULTIES STEMMING FROM MANY
CAUSES – MAINLY INVISIBILITY
ORTHODOX RELIGIOUS AND ISLAMIC
CULTURAL REJECTION – RESPONSE
TO VISABILITY OR ADMISSION, OFTEN
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
CLEARING THE DECK
WHO ARE WE AS GAY AND LESBIANS
IN THE QURAN?
WHAT IS LUT ABOUT REALLY?
WHAT IS THIS SHARI’AH?
ISLAMIC ORTHODOXY
CONFRONTING THE ORTHODOXY
BELIEFS
TRADITIONS
IDEALS
ARE YOU A MUSLIM?
SHAHADAH
SALAT
SAWM
ZAKAT
BONUS: HAJJ
YES, I’M A MUSLIM
PRACTICING
NOT PRACTICING
BELIEVER
TURNED AWAY BY RELIGIOUS
CULTURE
ALTERNATIVE VIEWS OF ISLAM
THEY EXIST
OPENING UP TO THEM
ACCEPTING DIFFERENCES
PROGRESSIVE MUSLIM VIEWS
IJTIHAD OF PRIMARY SOURCES
PRACTICE ALTERNATIONS
PRAYER SERVICES
OPEN MINDED STRAIGHT MUSLIMS
GAY MUSLIMS EVERYWHERE
GAY MUSLIM INVISIBILITY
ISLAMIC FOUNDATIONS ON
HOMOSEXUALITY – LUT STORY
SHARI’AH LAW VS. UN HUMAN
RIGHTS
EVOLUTION IN THE RETHINKING OF
HUMAN INTERPRETATION OF QURAN
WHEN THE LAW IS NOT LAW
QURANIC LAW
HUMAN MADE LAWS
CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS
SHARI’AH REFORMATION
ORTHODOX – TRADITIONAL VIEW
PROGRESSIVE – MEDINAN TO
MECCAN
MEET INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
OF NATION-STATES
MY LOVE ONE
SEX & MARRIAGE
SEXUALITY – ORIENTATION
VARIANCE
CELEBACY – NON-QURANIC OPTION
MARRIAGE: CHOICE OR
CULTURALLY FORCED
GAY FORCED MARRIAGES
GAYS ARE FORCED TO FOLLOW CLAN
DICTATES – PRE-ARRANGED
MARRIAGE
DUE TO INTERNALIZED FEARS GAYS
CANNOT SPEAK UP FOR THEMSELVES
IF OUTED OR ADMIT HOMOSEXUALITY
FACE VERBAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE
–HONOR KILLINGS COULD OCCUR
GAY MUSLIMS
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE
THERE IS THE CHALLENGE
THERE IS A NEED FOR YOU TO
PARTICIPATE IN MAKING CHANGE
CANNOT EXPECT OTHERS TO DO IT
FOR YOU….PIPE DREAMS
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH
KNOW ALLAH IS
AR RAHMAN
AR RAHEEM
AS YOUR ALLY, WHO SHOULD YOU
FEAR?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS