Is there room in Islam for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Muslims? By Dr. Omid Safi.

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And We shall marry them to Houris female, fair ones with wide lovely eyes. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both jinns and men deny? In beauty they are like rubies and coral. Verily, We have created them maidens of special creation. And made them virgins; Loving their husbands only , equal in age. The marrow of her shins is visible to the eyes. Their hearts will be as if the heart of a single man, for they will have neither enmity nor jealousy amongst themselves; everyone will have two wives from the houris, who will be so beautiful, pure and transparent that the marrow of the bones of their legs will be seen through the bones and the flesh. Narrated Anas R.
IS THERE ROOM IN ISLAM FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER MUSLIMS?
Quite extravagant and graphic portrayals of female virgins are found in Islamic secondary sources e. Female virgins reserved specifically for men in heaven constitute one such example. Its restricted interpretation to denote female virgins finds no support in the Quran, or for its male-centric bias. It literally translates as "white-eyed", or persons distinguished by 'Hawar', signifying the intense whiteness of the white of an eye and intense black of the pupils. Or it is applied to one bearing the following significations: one who is freed and cleared of every vice, fault or defect, one who has been tried and proved time after time and found to be free of vices, faults or defects. A thing pure.
He expects gourmet meals and an immaculate house. I think the only thing that can possibly be worse is if he was working in a different country. You would be able to force her to confront the facts without feeling threatened. In other words, eternal marriage really is worth it, I think.