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When you thought they could have never exist. Either he is lacked of knowledge or knew too much that got him twisted. I hope Imams out there in U.S do something about it before he sends all the wrong message to the fellow Muslims there.
The recent same-sex marriage ruling has cleared the way for many, including gay Muslims, to marry. But over the years, homosexuals who identify as Muslims found it difficult to have an Imam perform the ceremony. Now, they have a place to get married, complete with an Imam who will marry them. Imam Daayiee Abdullah of Washington, D.C., is available to perform gay Muslim marriages.
Abdullah might be the only gay Muslim imam in America, with the other openly gay Imam being Muhsin Hendricks of South Africa. Abdullah founded The Light of Reform Mosque in the D.C. area, a mosque which claims on its website to promote “theologically sound frameworks for Islamic liberalism.”
The Same Sex Marriage Rulings
Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court ruled on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Under this ruling, the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of DOMA that stated that marriage was between a man and a woman. Under this ruling, same sex couples can now be afforded the same state sponsored benefits as heterosexual couples.
In another case this week, the Supreme Court took on the case of California same sex marriage law, saying that the people who were contesting it had no standing to challenge California’s same sex marriage laws.
READ: Outcast Gay Arabs Struggle with Backlash in Dearborn (ILLUME Magazine)
Imam Daayiee Abdullah
Abdullah converted to Islam at the age of 29, while studying in China, reports the Religion News Service. He was born to a Baptist family with seven siblings, he told Metro Weekly in an in a 2006 interview. According to Salaam Canada, Abdullah studied Shari’ah Sciences and Quranic Interpretation, although where exactly he studied is unclear. Abdullah claims that there is no mention of homosexuality being “haraam,” or forbidden, in the Quran, according to his interview with Metro Weekly.
Of course, most prominent Muslim scholars would dispute Abdullah’s ideas, saying that homosexuality is a sin in Islam– but not necessarily making “gay” and “Muslim” mutually exclusive.
Although Abdullah performs Muslim same sex marriages, he himself indicated to Religion News Service that he has no plans to marry his long-term partner, although Abdullah clarified to ILLUME that he had already obtained a religious marriage, i.e. a nkkah, with his partner.
Editorial note 8:29 PM PST 6/27/2013: Final line “although Abdullah…partner” was added, upon further clarification from the subject.
Interesting replies to the articles:
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Homosexuality in Islam is a sin so as another poster said that’s between you and Allah and we are all tested with sin to draw closer to Allah. But I have wondered how do these same-sex marriages actually function at an Islamic level? E.g. If I married another man do I get to have up to 3 more wives (or husbands) does he, can we both? who has the right to say divorce three times to end it me, my partner, both? Can we both remarry right away if we divorce or does one of us have the 3 month waiting period? Which one of (or both) us has to be the financial provider?The inheritors of the Deen are the scholars and no where in hadith, the schools of Islamic Jurisprudence, or shar’iah are these questions dealt with and the consensus of the alima is that such is haraam. The greater sin here is making something haraam halal and it saddens me because the moment after you are forgiven in hajj you are instantly attaching major sins to your book of deeds not to mention men have sexual rights in Islam and the majority of sexual acts same sex male couples can perform are haraam or makrooh.
At the end of the day lakum deenukum wa liya deen wa Allahu alam but I guess if you are being a part of these haraam or bida (if you are being generous) marriages make sure to be the one who gets the dowry.
And to all my brothers and sisters in Islam who are tested with homosexual thoughts, urges, or actions, may Allah make it easy on you and allow your tests and hardships to expiate your sins and draw closer to Him, ameen.
May Allah grant us all a blessed Ramadan
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