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Lucknow’s gay couple fought for their love, now setting up a home together to lead a happy and loving life

April 29, 2022

After running pillar to post and making efforts, I am able to live my life with my love. I think the universe was striving to bring us together.

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A Bike Ride through Islam’s views on Homosexuality

November 10, 2019

This story is an effort to put forth what the Holy Quran and the Sharia says about sexualities, and not what the Maulvis and others say.

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Book Review- ‘The Carpet Weaver’ Weaves a Forbidden Love Tale and Afghanistan’s Political Journey into a Captivating Book

October 28, 2019

The Carpet Weaver is not just about the love of Kanishka and Maihan, rather the book dwells much into the political situations unfolding in Afghanistan around mid 90’s

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Bizarre Theories on Homosexuality By Various Religious Gurus

August 1, 2019

Religious Gurus of all hues have claimed homosexuality to be unnatural and against the "will of God". Many such religious leaders and evangelists have even com... Read More...

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Video: Homosexuality is not Forbidden in Islam

August 6, 2018

It is often considered that Islam is anti-gay, that Quran forbids homosexuality, and homosexuals will be punished by Allah. It is not uncommon to hear that one ... Read More...

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Coming Out as an LGBT Muslim

June 16, 2018

I say one can be LGBT+ and reconcile it with faith, it is a story they do not want to hear because it provides a positive role model story and goes against the narrative they have chosen to portray repeatedly.

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Islam and Homosexuality : Despite Popular Perception, Quran Does Not Proscribe Gays

October 25, 2017

The closest the Qur’an comes to directly addressing homosexual people is the phrase “men who are not in need of women or have no sexual guile before women.” The Qur’an presents this phrase descriptively in neutral tone, not linked to denunciation or legal proscription.

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Transgender Rights in Islam

August 22, 2017

Islamic scholars have traditionally acknowledged that Allah created two genders and also created people who cannot be categorized through a binary construction of gender.

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Short Story: The Silence of the Graves

July 28, 2017

Numair didn't want to correct him. Did it really matter? Would it undo things? He felt he should have been firm, but he was so helplessly in love that he blindly followed Zul in whatever he did.

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Being Gay in Pakistan

April 26, 2017

I've in my whole life been a good obedient boy with great grades. I prayed punctually and was deeply faithful. Then, these feelings appeared.

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Trans Activist Plans To Build Pakistan’s First Transgender Friendly Mosque

November 25, 2016

Transgender activists in Pakistan are planning to build Pakistan’s first trans-inclusive mosque, and have started collecting donations for the same

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How I Came Out As a Transman in Islamic Society of Pakistan

November 25, 2016

I was a boy, without a doubt in my mind. Being born of the female gender meant nothing to me. I was convinced that I was a boy that unfortunately just looked like a girl

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