Editing Anal sex (section)

====Islam====
{{Main|Islamic views on anal sex}}

[[File:An ottoman miniature from the book Sawaqub al-Manaquib depicting Homosexuality.jpg|thumb|[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] illustration depicting two young men having sex (from ''Sawaqub al-Manaquib'')]]

{{Transliteration|ar|Liwat}}, or the sin of [[Lot (biblical person)|Lot]]'s people, which has come to be interpreted as referring generally to same-sex sexual activity, is commonly officially prohibited by Islamic sects; there are parts of the [[Quran]] which talk about smiting on [[Sodom and Gomorrah]], and this is thought to be a reference to "unnatural" sex, and so there are [[hadith]] and Islamic laws which prohibit it.<ref name="Leach">{{cite book|author=Mark M Leach|title=Cultural Diversity and Suicide: Ethnic, Religious, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Perspectives|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2014|page=121|isbn=978-1317786597|access-date=September 15, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NqLrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121|archive-date=March 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326182308/http://books.google.com/books?id=NqLrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121|url-status=live}}</ref> Same-sex male practitioners of anal sex are called ''luti'' or ''lutiyin'' in plural and are seen as criminals in the same way that a thief is a criminal.<ref name="Bambale">{{cite book|author=Yahaya Yunusa Bambale|title=Crimes and Punishments Under Islamic Law|publisher=Malthouse Press Limited|orig-date=2003|year=2008|page=40|isbn=978-9780231590|access-date=September 15, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PVGPAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310000311/https://books.google.com/books?id=PVGPAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Conner">{{cite book|author=Randy P. Conner|author2=David Hatfield Sparks|author3=Mariya Sparks|title=Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Lore|publisher=[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]]|orig-date=1997|year=2006|pages=20; 216|isbn=0304337609|access-date=September 15, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yGoYAAAAIAAJ|quote=Indeed, homoeroticism in general and anal intercourse in particular are referred to as liwat, while those (primarily men) engaging in these behaviors are referred to as qaum Lut or Luti, 'the people of Lot.'|archive-date=September 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926183704/https://books.google.com/books?id=yGoYAAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>