Ammar alshukry biography of georgetown
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More than 130 prominent Muslim scholars from North America have issued a statement defending the Muslim community’s right to maintain the normative Islamic position on LGBTQ without being accused of bigotry or hatred.
The scholars, who include Imam Siraj Wahaj, Imam Suhaib Webb, Shaykh Shadee Elmasry, Shaykh Yasir Qadhi, Imam Omar Suleiman and the Canadian Council of Imams, say that Islamic sexual and gender ethics are at odds with general society’s views, which has caused tension for Muslims between their religious beliefs and societal expectations.
But they say the normative Islamic position on LGBTQ, which is derived from the Quran, is fixed and cannot be changed. “As a religious minority that frequently experiences bigotry and exclusion, we reject the notion that moral disagreement amounts to intolerance or incitement of violence,” their statement reads. “We affirm our right to express our beliefs while sim
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