The Islam Liberals, due to their persistance in upholding human rights and committing shirik (meaning, to take another god apart from Allah) will side with the abberations of nature, the homosexuals. It is natural that they would side with this perversion despite the fact that Islam wholly denounces homosexuality.
It should be reiterated here that The Islamoholic is not trying to demean homosexuals or cast any blame on them for their current state. We will treat them with love and respect and hope that the Muslims among them will realise the error of their ways and return to the path of God. However, while we try to persuade the homosexuals, we cannot of course condone the sin. The Christian rallying cry at this point would be “Hate the sin, not the sinner”. Islam of course takes one step further in not only resorting to sound bytes, but also strives to legislate and punish offenders who continue to persist in such dastardly activities.
We do not wish at this point to discuss the legal aspects of Islamic law regarding homosexuals and homosexuality. We will be just giving a general view of the Islamic viewpoint on homosexuality in general and how the Islam Liberals are far apart from Islam in this aspect.
Islam does not accept any type of justification for the unnatural sin of homosexuality regardless of any biological, psychological or environmental factors which may influence a man to indulge in this type of grossly unnatural immorality. This should not be interpreted to mean that Islam does not recognize the reality or validity of the existence of the various factors which influence man to commit homosexuality. However, the presence of any destructive influences which lead man towards this unnatural and bestial act of immorality does not constitute a valid excuse for indulgence in acts of deviation and inhumanity. Just as fornication, rape and other criminal acts of immorality cannot be condoned because of biological, psychological, environmental, factors, etc, which may be the causes which occasion the crime, so too, can these factors not be cited in favour of diminished blame for the act of homosexuality. In spite of the existence of the factors (described as causes) of adultery, human culture does not permit man and woman to indulge in this crime notwithstanding the naturalness of heterosexuality. They are required to restrain themselves and behave within the bounds of chastity and morality.
In like manner man is required to exercise restraint and overcome his emotional, biological demands, etc. and manage the disturbances within him. He, as a member of the highest species of Allah ’s creation, is under moral obligation to control the dictates of his lust - whether such lust directs him towards unnatural or natural avenues - and refrain from smearing his soul and intellect in such loathsome indulgence.
Man’s gratification of his sexual appetite with another man has a long history of its own. The Qur’an bears testimony to the fact that the people of the Prophet Lut, the nephew of Ibraham alaihissalaam, sent as a warning to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, were those who initiated this heinous practice. Before them it was unknown. In this connection the Qur’an mentions:
“We also sent Lut. He said to his people, ‘Do you commit indecency such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you? For you practise your lusts on men in preference to women; you are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds.”
These Sodomites even indulged in their homosexual orgies publicly. Their wickedness had attained the level where the mere sight of a handsome young man made them so agitated that they pounced upon him as famished people would fall on food. Even honoured guests did not enjoy immunity or any privileged position. They did not hesitate in even resorting to violence in achieving their lustful object.
The Qur’an has depicted the scene when the angels of punishment Lut alayhis salaam as his guests in the guise of handsome young men. The Prophet Lut alayhis salaam did not recognized them in the first instance. But he knew the shameless habit of his people. He was extremely distressed and he apprehended that his people would certainly demand unnatural and shameful sexual activity. His apprehension was correct. They could not sit silently at the news of such “boys†of excellent beauty. These sodomites recklessly rushed to the home of Lut alayhis salaam to gratify their unnatural desires. Lut found himself in a difficult situation. He prompted them to legally satisfy their sexual appetite with women even offering his daughter in lawful marriage to the most gentle of them, and not insisting on this unnatural outlet. Then he very effectively appealed to them, in the name of Almighty, that they should abstain from disgracing him by dishonouring his guests.
The Qur’an states:
“And his people came rushing towards him, and they had been long in the habit of practising abominations. He said: “O my people! Here are my daughters: they ore purer for you (if you marry)! Now fear Allah , and cover me not with shame about my guests! Is there not among you a right-handed man?”
But the accursed people inflamed with evil passions turned a deaf ear to all his reasoning with them. They had lost all sense of morality and were blind in their voluptuous sentiments. On this occasion they even taunted him for his frequent protests in the past against their sins. Prophet Lut alayhis salaam seemed helpless in the situation in which he found himself, - alone against a rabble of people inflamed with lustful passions. He wished he had the strength to suppress them himself or had some powerful support to lean on! But the powerful support was there, though he had not realized it till then. It was the support of the Almighty. His guests were not ordinary men, but Angels who had come to test the people before they inflicted punishment. They now declared themselves and gave him directions to get away before the morning, when the punishment would descend on the doomed cities. Even in Lut’s household was one, i.e. his wife, who detracted from the harmony of the family. She lagged behind and looked back, i.e. one whose mental and moral attitude, in spite of association with the righteous was to hark back to the glitter of wickedness and sin. Finally, the wrath of Almighty descended upon them, their cities were turned upside down and showers of stone rained on them. Regarding this, the Qur’an mentions:
“Then when Our decree came to pass. We turned the cities upside down, and We rained thereon stones of baked clay, piled up.â€
The punishment of turning upside down given to this people resembles outwardly their shameless deed of homosexuality. The shower of stone was very thick so as to form layers. It is also said that the name of each man was written or engraved on those stones which were the cause of their annihilation. The inversion of cities by way of punishment was the task which was assigned to Jibraaell alayhis salaam. Homosexuality is also a form of sexual inversion, hence the type of punishment was most befitting in that it also symbolized their unnatural acts of immorality. Showers of stones (not hail-stones, but real stones) are not a normal occurrence. So too, the punishment of the inversion of the cities (was quite rightly justified). Thus, unnatural forms of punishment were prescribed by Allah for the unnatural sins of the homosexual community.
The community of Lut alayhis-salaam was a prosperous nation materially and they inhabited five cities: Sodom, Gamurah, Udmah, Laboobem and Sughar. The Qur’an refers collectively to these five cities with the term Mu’tafikaat (the inverted cities). The cities are so designated because of the perverted crimes of sexual inversion of their inhabitants and because they were physically inverted and eliminated by the command of Allah .
Before the people of Sodom, never did this evil even enter the mind of mankind, let alone practicing it. The Umayyad Khalifah Abdul Malik said that if this episode of the homosexuals was not mentioned in the Qur’an, he would not have conceded the reality of this crime since it was unthinkable that man will descend to such a degenerate level and debase himself in a type of act which is not indulged in by even the overwhelming majority of lowly beasts.
Islam strictly forbade this detestable deed and prescribed the severed punishment, relenting not in the least in making it a deterrent. The Qur’aan cautions that once people take to homosexuality, they sink to the depths of moral degradation. The admonitory punishment meted out to these transgressors was described in such a moving way that those reciting the Qur’an may learn the harsh consequences of this evil, and may protect themselves from this outrageous crime. To deter the Muslims from evil, the Qur’an initially declared to those participating in this perversion:
“If two men among you are guilty of indecency, punish them both.â€
Once Prophet Muhammad expressed his anticipated fear by stating that among the evils that his ummah can take to, he feared sodomy most. In fact, this was a forewarning measure that the ummah may guard against, realizing that the prophet himself had forbidden it. On one occasion, the Prophet declared:
“Whoever gratifies his sexual urge with another (individual} of his own sex, Allah Almighty will not so much as look at him.â€
Undoubtedly, sodomy is one of the most repulsive acts, even observed among beasts. Therefore, the sight of a homosexual will be so disgusting to Allah that it will intensify His anger to heights where He will not even consider glancing at a sodomist. Through this act, man degrades his humanity and announces extermination as his policy. Moreover, it implies wretchedness and misery of the womenfolk and he himself is prone to so many diseases: the basic organs of his body, brain, heart, liver and kidneys become deficiently immune (AIDS), his face lacks the sparkle of health and he looks off-colour and melancholy, with the result that such an incapacitated criminal becomes worthless to women. This wretched outcast deprives himself of the bounty of procreation and the priceless jewel of morality.
A first grade teacher explained to her class that she was an Islam Liberal. She then asked her students to raise their hands if they were Islam Liberals, too. Most knew, but some did not really know what an Islam Liberal was, but wanting to please their teacher, hands exploded into the air like fleshy fireworks.
There was, however, one exception. A girl named Myzurrah had not gone along with the crowd. The teacher asked Myzurrah why she decided to be different.
“Because I’m not an Islam Liberal,” Myzurrah said.
The teacher asked, “Then what are you?”
“I’m a proud Muslim” said the little girl.
The teacher, a little perturbed and red-faced, asked Myzurrah why she was a Muslim?
Myzurrah proclaimed, “Well, I was brought up to put my trust in Allah and His Prophet, instead of going against what the Qur’an expounds and using the fallible “logic” of the human mind. My Dad and Mom are Muslims, and I am a Muslim, too.”
The teacher calmly pointed out, “That’s no reason. What if your Mom and Dad were both morons? What would you be then?”
Myzurrah answered, “Then, I’d be an Islam Liberal.”
It is of course common for the Islam Liberals to misuse Allah’s Word and quote from the Noble Qur’an not for the sake of Islam, but to further their own agenda. Indeed, you will find them arguing something along the lines of what a liberal feminist “deist” proclaimed as follows:
They preach hatred for those who don’t believe in the same God as them, they want to throw “liberals†into the sea for being what they are, they intend to rid the earth of the non-believing “scum†and worst of all, to only have their religion prevail.
Unfortunately, all they are doing is to dig a hole for themselves. Had they looked a little bit further in the Qur’an, they would have come across this following ayaah which certainly tells us in no uncertain terms what God really “cares” about:
“The religion in the sight of Allah is Islam.” (Qur’an 3:19)
In another verse of the Holy Qur’an, Allah states:
“If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (Submission to Allah), Never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (their selves in the hell fire).”(Qur’an 3:85)
The verses above makes it clear that Islam makes no compromise on its core principles. At the same time, it should be also made clear that while the status of Islam is exalted and raised above the rest, it does not mean that people with other religious beliefs (such as Christianity, Hinduism, etc.) are not allowed to their own religious practices. They are free to worship and believe in peace alongside Muslims, as the Qur’an duly states:
“If it had been God’s Will, all on earth would have believed. Will you then compel mankind, against their will, to believe?” (Qur’an, 10:99)
So who now, exactly, is “going against” Allah’s orders but the liberals??
After all, who is this liberal to speak about what God cares or do not care about? It should however be explained that The Islamoholic (or for that matter, any Muslim whom the liberals would label “fanatics”, “traditional” or “conservative”) has no interest in converting anyone at the point of a sword or at the barrel of a gun. The Islamoholic has made it clear that the focus of this blog will not be about the other religions (otherwise known as the sciences of al-Milal wal Nihal, comparative religion), but on the hypocritical and they myopic attitude of the Islam Liberals whom you will find quoting platitudes from the Qur’an when it suits them, but will rely on secular values and irreligious practices that are contrary to the Qur’an and the Sunnah in other situations.
Frankly, these sort of people, those who admit to being anything but believing in tawhid (thus taking them out of the fold of Islam), should not be talking about the Deen. They should be thrown into the sea instead. In this regard, these people are worse than the kuffaar.