Editing LGBTQ people and Islam (section)

==Public opinion among Muslims==
[[File:Nottingham Pride MMB 37 Pride march meets homophobic Muslims.jpg|thumb|Muslim anti-LGBT protesters at an LGBT Pride march in Nottingham, England]]
The Muslim community as a whole, worldwide, has become polarized on the subject of homosexuality. Some Muslims say that "no good Muslim can be gay", and "traditional schools of Islamic law consider homosexuality a grave sin".{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} At the opposite pole, "some Muslims ... are welcoming what they see as an opening within their communities to address anti-gay attitudes."{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} Especially, it is "young Muslims" who are "increasingly speaking out in support of gay rights".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://religionnews.com/2016/06/17/muslim-attitudes-about-lbgt-are-complex-and-far-from-universally-anti-gay/|title=Muslim attitudes about LBGT are complex|work=ReligionNews.com|date=17 June 2016|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-date=30 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430055008/http://religionnews.com/2016/06/17/muslim-attitudes-about-lbgt-are-complex-and-far-from-universally-anti-gay/|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the [[Albert Kennedy Trust]], one in four young homeless people identify as LGBT due to their religious parents disowning them. The Trust suggests that the majority of individuals who are homeless due to religious out casting are either Christian or Muslim. Many young adults who come out to their parents are often forced out of the house to find refuge in a more accepting place. This leads many individuals to be homeless or even attempt suicide.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Iqbal |first1=Nomia |last2=Parry |first2=Josh |date=30 July 2019 |title=LGBT people 'being made homeless due to religion' |language=en |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-49150753 |access-date=6 November 2019 |archive-date=13 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113061106/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-49150753 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Opinion polls===
In 2013, the [[Pew Research Center]] conducted a study on the global acceptance of homosexuality and found a widespread rejection of homosexuality in many nations that are predominantly Muslim. In some countries, views were becoming more conservative among younger people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/06/04/the-global-divide-on-homosexuality/|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|title=The Global Divide on Homosexuality|date=4 June 2013|access-date=9 June 2013|archive-date=3 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103034522/http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/06/04/the-global-divide-on-homosexuality/|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''2013 Pew Poll'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2"|Country<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/06/04/the-global-divide-on-homosexuality/ |title= The Global Divide on Homosexuality |publisher= [[Pew Research Center]] |date= 4 June 2013 |access-date= 1 November 2020 |archive-date= 3 November 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131103034522/http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/06/04/the-global-divide-on-homosexuality/ |url-status= live }}</ref> !!colspan="3" rowspan="1"|Age group
|-
!| 18–29
!| 30–49
!| 50+
|-
| Lebanon
| 27%
| 17%
| 10%
|-
| Turkey
| 9%
| 7%
| 10%
|-
| Malaysia
| 7%
| 10%
| 11%
|-
| Jordan
| 5%
| 1%
| 1%
|-
| Palestine
| 5%
| 3%
| –
|-
| Senegal
| 5%
| 2%
| 2%
|-
| Indonesia
| 4%
| 2%
| 3%
|-
| Egypt
| 3%
| 2%
| 3%
|-
| Tunisia
| 3%
| 2%
| 1%
|-
| Pakistan
| 2%
| 2%
| 2%
|}

'''2019 Arab Barometer Survey'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48703377|title=The Arab world in seven charts: Are Arabs turning their backs on religion?|work=BBC News|date=23 June 2019|access-date=1 November 2020|archive-date=19 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119175129/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48703377|url-status=live}}</ref> !! Acceptance of Homosexuality
|-
| Algeria || 26%
|-
| Morocco || 19%
|-
| Sudan || 17%
|-
| Jordan || 7%
|-
| Tunisia || 7%
|-
| Lebanon || 6%
|-
| Palestine territories || 5%
|}

* A 2007 survey of [[British Muslims]] showed that 61% believe homosexuality should be illegal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Living Apart Together: British Muslims and the Paradox of Multiculturalism |last1=Senthilkumaran |first1=Abi |last2=Mirza |first2=Munira |last3=Ja'far |first3=Zein |date=2007 |display-authors=1|url=https://policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/living-apart-together-jan-07.pdf|publisher=[[Policy Exchange]]}}</ref> A later [[Gallup (company)|Gallup poll]] in 2009 showed that none of the 500 British Muslims polled believed homosexuality to be "morally acceptable".<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/may/07/muslims-britain-france-germany-homosexuality | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Riazat | last=Butt | title=Muslims in Britain have zero tolerance of homosexuality, says poll | date=7 May 2009 | access-date=12 December 2016 | archive-date=30 September 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930220143/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/may/07/muslims-britain-france-germany-homosexuality | url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2016 [[ICM Research|ICM]] poll of 1,081 British Muslims, 52% of those polled disagreed with the statement "Homosexuality should be legal in Britain" while 18% agreed. In the same poll, 56% of British Muslims polled disagreed with the statement "Gay marriage should be legal in Britain" compared with 20% of the control group and 47% disagreed with the statement "It is acceptable for a homosexual person to be a teacher in a school" compared with 14% of the control group.<ref>{{cite web|title=ICM Muslims Survey for Channel 4|url=https://www.icmunlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Mulims-full-suite-data-plus-topline.pdf|publisher=[[ICM Research]]|date=11 April 2016|access-date=31 March 2017|archive-date=8 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408085223/http://www.icmunlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Mulims-full-suite-data-plus-topline.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* According to a 2012 poll, 51% of the [[Turks in Germany]], who account for nearly two thirds of the total [[Islam in Germany|Muslim population in Germany]],<ref>{{cite web|publisher=German [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|Federal Ministry of the Interior]]|url=https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/downloads/DE/veroeffentlichungen/themen/heimat-integration/dik/langversion_studie_muslim_leben_deutschland.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2|title= Zusammenfassung 'Muslimisches Leben in Deutschland'|trans-title=Summary: 'Muslim Life in Germany'|p=2|lang=de}}</ref> believed that homosexuality is an illness.<ref>[[:de:Liljeberg Research International|Liljeberg Research International]]: ''[https://d171.keyingress.de/multimedia/document/228.pdf Deutsch-Türkische Lebens- und Wertewelten 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011112234/https://d171.keyingress.de/multimedia/document/228.pdf |date=11 October 2012 }}'', July/August 2012, p.&nbsp;73</ref> However, a more recent poll from 2015 found that more than 60% of Muslims in Germany support gay marriage.<ref>{{cite web|title=Muslime in Deutschland mit Staat und Gesellschaft eng verbunden|url=https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilung/pid/muslime-in-deutschland-mit-staat-und-gesellschaft-eng-verbunden|publisher=[[Bertelsmann]]|date=8 January 2015|access-date=26 April 2020|archive-date=17 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217224812/https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilung/pid/muslime-in-deutschland-mit-staat-und-gesellschaft-eng-verbunden|url-status=live}}</ref> A poll in 2017 also found 60% support for gay marriage.<ref>{{cite web|title=Weltanschauliche Vielfalt und Demokratie|url=https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/fileadmin/files/BSt/Publikationen/GrauePublikationen/Religionsmonitor_Vielfalt_und_Demokratie_7_2019.pdf|publisher=[[Bertelsmann]]|access-date=2020-04-26|archive-date=2022-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423184954/https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/fileadmin/files/BSt/Publikationen/GrauePublikationen/Religionsmonitor_Vielfalt_und_Demokratie_7_2019.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[American Muslims]] – in line with general public attitudes in the United States – have become much more accepting of homosexuality over recent years. In a 2007 poll conducted by Pew Research Center, only 27% of American Muslims believed that homosexuality should be accepted. In a 2011 poll, that rose to 39%. In a July 2017 poll, Muslims who say homosexuality should be accepted by society clearly outnumber those who say it should be discouraged (52% versus 33%), a level of acceptance similar to [[Protestantism in the United States|American Protestants]] (52% in 2016).<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Muslims Concerned About Their Place in Society, but Continue to Believe in the American Dream|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2017/07/26/findings-from-pew-research-centers-2017-survey-of-us-muslims/|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|access-date=2 August 2017|date=26 July 2017|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801024343/http://www.pewforum.org/2017/07/26/findings-from-pew-research-centers-2017-survey-of-us-muslims/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to research by the [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s 2017 American Values Atlas, 51% of American Muslims favor same-sex marriage, while 34% are opposed.<ref name="prri">{{cite web |url=https://www.prri.org/research/emerging-consensus-on-lgbt-issues-findings-from-the-2017-american-values-atlas/ |last1=Vandermaas-Peeler |first1=Alex |last2=Cox |first2=Daniel |last3=Fisch-Friedman |first3=Molly |last4=Griffin |first4=Rob |last5=Jones |first5=Robert P.|display-authors=1 |title=Emerging Consensus on LGBT Issues: Findings From the 2017 American Values Atlas |publisher=[[Public Religion Research Institute]] |date=5 January 2018 |access-date=14 December 2019 |archive-date=5 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505033813/https://www.prri.org/research/emerging-consensus-on-lgbt-issues-findings-from-the-2017-american-values-atlas/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The 2009 [[Gallup (company)|Gallup poll]] showed that 35% of the [[Islam in France|French Muslims]] believed that homosexuality to be "morally acceptable".<ref name="Guardian"/>
* A 2016 iVOX survey of [[Islam in Belgium|Belgian Muslims]] found that 53% agreed with the statement: "I have no issues with homosexuality." Approximately 30% disagreed with the statement while the rest refused to answer or were unsure.<ref>{{cite book|title=Humo's grote Islam-enquête (1): 'Eén op de vijf moslims heeft begrip voor IS'|date=11 October 2016|publisher=[[HUMO]]|url=http://www.humo.be/site/pdf/Resultaten_Islamenquete_editie_2016.pdf|access-date=29 September 2017|archive-date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215043744/http://www.humo.be/site/pdf/Resultaten_Islamenquete_editie_2016.pdf|url-status=live|p=25}}</ref>
* A 2016 survey of [[Canadian Muslims]] showed that 36% agreed with the statement homosexuality should be accepted by society with 47% young Canadian Muslims (18–34) holding this belief. The survey also stated that 43% of Canadian Muslims agreed with the statement homosexuality should not be accepted by society. The Muslim groups that mostly opposed acceptance of homosexuality by society were the older age group 45 to 59 (55%) and the lowest income group <$30K (56%).<ref name="poll">{{cite web|last1=Grenier|first1=Éric|title=Muslim Canadians increasingly proud of and attached to Canada, survey suggests|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-muslim-canadians-environics-1.3551591|website=CBC News|access-date=19 April 2017|date=27 April 2016|archive-date=29 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829063803/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-muslim-canadians-environics-1.3551591|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Turkey Muslims: According to the survey conducted by the [[Kadir Has University]] in Istanbul in 2016, 33% of people said that LGBT people should have equal rights. This increased to 45% in 2020. Another survey by Kadir Has University in 2018 found that 55.3% of people would not want a homosexual neighbour. This decreased to 46.5% in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/24/turkey-lgbt-acceptance-muslim-islam-kadir-has-university-istanbul-rights/|title=Almost half of people in Turkey think that LGBT+ people should have equal rights, nine percent more than last year, according to a survey|access-date=28 October 2020|archive-date=2 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202034719/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/24/turkey-lgbt-acceptance-muslim-islam-kadir-has-university-istanbul-rights/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bianet.org/english/lgbti/221831-survey-nearly-half-of-people-think-lgbti-s-should-have-equal-rights|title=Perceptions of Gender Equality|access-date=28 October 2020|archive-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101021042/https://bianet.org/english/lgbti/221831-survey-nearly-half-of-people-think-lgbti-s-should-have-equal-rights|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Muslim leaders===
====Sunni====
* In 2017, the Egyptian cleric, Sheikh [[Yusuf al-Qaradawi]] (who has served as chairman of the [[European Council for Fatwa and Research]]) was asked how gay people should be punished. He replied that "there is disagreement", but "the important thing is to treat this act as a crime."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/islams-jihad-against-homosexuals-1465859170|title=Islam's Jihad Against Homosexuals|first=Ayaan Hirsi|last=Ali|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=13 June 2016|access-date=5 April 2017|via=www.WSJ.com|archive-date=30 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130012030/http://www.wsj.com/articles/islams-jihad-against-homosexuals-1465859170|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Shia====
* Iran's current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah [[Ali Khamenei]] has stated that "There is no worst form of moral degeneration than [homosexuality]. ... But it won't stop here. In the future, not sure exactly when, they will legalize incest and even worse."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outrightinternational.org/content/irans-supreme-leader-says-there-no-worst-form-moral-degeneration-homosexuality|title=Iran's Supreme Leader says "There is no worst form of moral degeneration than homosexuality"|work=Outrightinternational.org|date=27 May 2016|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-date=18 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418210441/https://outrightinternational.org/content/irans-supreme-leader-says-there-no-worst-form-moral-degeneration-homosexuality|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the conservative news website Khabaronline, [[Mohammad Javad Larijani]], Khamenei's close adviser, stated "In our society, homosexuality is regarded as an illness and malady", and that "Promoting homosexuality is illegal and we have strong laws against it." He added, "It [homosexuality] is considered as a norm in the West and they are forcing us to accept it. We are strongly against this."<ref>{{cite web |last=Dehghan |first=Saeed Kamali |date=14 March 2013 |title=Iranian human rights official describes homosexuality as an illness |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2013/mar/14/iran-official-homosexuality-illness |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031160339/https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2013/mar/14/iran-official-homosexuality-illness |archive-date=31 October 2022 |access-date=6 July 2017 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
* Ayatollah [[Ali al-Sistani]] in [[Iraq]] has stated "It is not permissible for a man to look at another man with lust; similarly, it is not permissible for a woman to look at another woman with lust. Homosexuality (Ash-shudhûdh al-jinsi) is haram. Similarly, it is forbidden for a female to engage in a sexual act with another female, i.e. lesbianism."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sistani.org/english/book/46/2068/|work=sistani.org|access-date=6 July 2017|title=A Code of Practice For Muslims in the West|archive-date=7 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707195659/http://www.sistani.org/english/book/46/2068/|url-status=live}}</ref>