Editing LGBTQ people and Islam (section)

====''Islam and Homosexuality''====
In 2010, an anthology ''Islam and Homosexuality'' was published.<ref>Samar Habib, ''Islam and Homosexuality'' (Praeger, 2010).</ref> In the Forward, [[Parvez Sharma]] sounded a pessimistic note about the future: "In my lifetime I do not see Islam drafting a uniform edict that homosexuality is permissible." Following is material from two chapters dealing with the present:

<blockquote>Rusmir Musić in a chapter "Queer Visions of Islam" said that "Queer Muslims struggle daily to reconcile their sexuality and their faith." Musić began to study in college "whether or not my love for somebody of the same gender disgusts God and whether it will propel me to hell. The answer, for me, is an unequivocal ''no''. Furthermore, Musić wrote, "my research and reflection helped me to imagine my sexuality as a gift from a loving, not hateful, God."<ref>Rusmir Musić, "Queer Visions of Islam" in ''Islam and Homosexuality'', ed. Samar Habib, (Praeger, 2010), pp. 327–328.</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>Marhuq Fatima Khan in a chapter "Queer, American, and Muslim: Cultivating Identities and Communities of Affirmation", says that "Queer Muslims employ a few narratives to enable them to reconcile their religious and sexual identities." They "fall into three broad categories: (1) God Is Merciful; (2) That Is Just Who I Am; and (3) It's Not Just Islam."<ref>Marhuq Fatima Khan, "Queer, American, and Muslim: Cultivating Identities and Communities of Affirmation" in ''Islam and Homosexuality'', ed. Samar Habib, (Praeger, 2010), 356–358.</ref></blockquote>