Sex in Islam, - Homosexuality: Refutation of Arguments in its Favor

Homosexuality and lesbianism have been dubbed "alternative
life-styles," "personal preference," "a natural variation," etc. in
the West today. Where homosexuality was considered an illness by the
Association of Psychiatrists, it is now removed from the list and
replaced by homophobia (the dislike of homosexuals and homosexuality).
Consequently, Islam and Muslims are considered intolerant and biased
due to their continued opposition. Arguments in favor of tolerance to
homosexuals are based on the assumption that homosexual behavior is
biologically based and not merely learned from society.
1.Early opposition to homosexuality was based on the argument that
such behavior was unnatural. Sodomy cannot produce children which is
one of the main natural consequences of sexual relations. "Mother
Nature" did not make us that way, it was argued. To counter such
arguments homosexual researchers scoured the earth until they found
supposed homosexual behavior among the animal kingdom. They found that
the males of some species of exotic fishes off the coast of Japan
imitated the behavior of females of the species in order to prevent
other males from impregnating their mates, and some rare butterflies
from islands of the coast of Africa also had males exhibiting female
behavior during mating season, etc. However, if the animal kingdom is
to be used to justify human behavior, there also exists a spider in
South America, whose female is much larger than the male. When mating
is complete, the female eats her mate.
2.During the 80's it was claimed that a gland in the base of the brain
which is small in women and large in men was found to be small among
homosexuals. However, this evidence, while seeming incontrovertible to
the layman, was immediately refuted by scientists. The data was taken
from cross-sections of the brains of dead adult humans whose sexual
preference was identified prior to death. Consequently, the reduced
size among homosexuals could have been a result of the practice and
not its cause. That is, they could have been born with normal sized
glands which then became small due to their deviant lifestyle.
3.Recently genetics has become the most commonly used foundation for
the pro-gay argument. In 1993 Dr. Dean Hamer, a researcher at the
National Cancer Institute, claimed to have discovered "the first
concrete evidence that 'gay genes' really do exist." Homosexual
orientation was supposedly transmitted to males on the X chromosome
from the mother. Hamer's findings, published in the prestigious
journal Science, transformed his colorless career as a government
scientist into a dynamic media personality and penned his memoirs. He
gave expert testimony to the Colorado Supreme Court that formed the
basis of the victorious decision striking down anti-gay Proposition 2.
However, a replication of his study at the University of Western
Ontario failed to find any linkage whatsoever between the X chromosome
and sexual orientation. It was also found that Hamer's study lacked a
control group; a fundamental principle of scientific research.
Furthermore, in June 1994, the Chicago Tribune reported that a junior
researcher in Hamer's laboratory who assisted in the gene mapping in
the homosexuality study, alleged that he selectively reported his
data. She was then summarily dismissed from her post-doctoral
fellowship in Hamer's lab. But a National Institutes of Health
investigation substantiated her claims and gave her another position
in a different lab. Though Dr. Hamer was coy about his own sexuality
in his memoirs, he later admitted in his lectures that the was gay.
4.It should be noted that Islam, in its final form, did not introduce
anti-gay legislature to the world. The texts of the Torah are replete
with clear condemnation of such practices.
5.The consequence of AIDS is enough to prove that homosexuality is
evil and dangerous to society. The early spread of AIDS was
concentrated among the homosexual community. It later spread to the
heterosexual community through blood transfusions and intravenous drug
usage and so-called bisexuals. And continues on a rampage among
promiscuous heterosexuals.
6.Islam considers homosexuality to be the result of a choice. It is
inconceivable that God made people homosexuals then declared it a
crime and prescribed punishments for it in both this life and the
next. To accept such a proposition is to accept that God is unjust.
Inclinations can exist within humans for a variety of natural and
unnatural acts, from fornication to rape and from necrophilia to
bestiality. These inclinations may come from jinn-suggestions, media
influence, or even from human whisperings or direct contact. Human
beings are not like robots who only do what they are programmed to do.
Humans choose and God holds them responsible for their choices. Were
homosexuality a product of genetic destiny, it would be unfair for God
to criminalize it and punish those who practice it. Currently, some
scientists are even claiming that murder is of genetic origin. To
accept that would mean to excuse murderers and tolerate murder.
7.Islam instructs parents to separate their children in their beds by
the age of ten in order to avoid sexual experiences which may result
from childhood experimentation. Such experiences may be reinforced by
contacts in schools and through abuse from adults. Also the
distinctions between male and female are strongly made in Islamic
teachings. The Prophet cursed men who imitated women and women who
imitated men. The Western fashion industry is controlled by
homosexuals who attempt to blur the distinction between males and
females in order to make their behavior more acceptable. Consequently,
men's fashion has become more feminine in style and color and women
are now wearing three-piece suits, ties and hats and traditionally
men's shoes. These distinctions may be relative and vary from society
to society. For example, in Scotland men traditionally wear little
knee-length dresses called "kilts". In Scotland it would not be
considered imitation of females, but in a society where only women
wear such dress it would be considered imitation.