From Power to Pleasure. Homosexuality in the Arab-Muslim World from Lakhi'a to al-mukhannathun

We propose a historical-philological analysis of the attitudes in Islam and Arab culture toward practices of masculine homosexuality (from the pre-Islamic period until end of the first century of Hijra) based on a review of scriptural (Qur’an, Sunnah, fiqh) and literary sources. We hypothesize the e...

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Authors: Almarai, Akeel (Author) ; Persichetti, Alessandra (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 2
Further subjects:B mukhannath
B male homosexuality
B majbus
B revisionist hermeneutics
B Islamic Reformism
B liwat
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