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	<title>Comments on: I&#8217;m a Muslim.. and I&#8217;m gay. (Part 2)</title>
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		<title>By: eekz</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I mean....versed
correction to the earlier comment</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I mean&#8230;.versed<br />
correction to the earlier comment</p>
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		<title>By: eekz</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very well vered..Aee kudos to you. It does open up my mind and heart somehow...Thanks.</description>
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		<title>By: A very thoughtful article (Part 2). &#124; The World Is Random. So Am I.</title>
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		<dc:creator>A very thoughtful article (Part 2). &#124; The World Is Random. So Am I.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Khairul Neezam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Khairul Neezam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello again!

You&#039;re right to say no one was born gay. God didn&#039;t make anyone gay. I&#039;m not very well-versed with Islam ah, or in fact any other religions, but I think God is an idealist. He essentially created space for only two genders, male and female.

I understand your point that being gay is simply a sexual orientation. And I&#039;m impressed you&#039;re doing your very best to stay true to Allah. But when you say being gay is a &quot;lifestyle&quot;, do you mean that it is associated with gender as well? I feel like it&#039;s a grey area, so how would you define it?

Why do Muslims say being gay is sinful? Was it written in the Quran so? If it is, then wouldn&#039;t it be the teachings of Allah to avoid being gay? I mean being straight is already pretty much sinful, and in religious terms, being gay would be doubly hard and sinful. Being one would defy his &quot;orders&quot;, and if we defy his &quot;larangans&quot;, how do we expect to be forgiven? Adam defied His orders, and look what happened to us; stripped of our essence. What is your take on this?

I was thinking that the &quot;jihad&quot; is actually the battle between realising you&#039;re gay, and emerging out of that phase (ending the phase). Maybe it&#039;s a test for you and the others out there like you. What do you think?

And yeah, I agree with you on: If girl+guy can get cosy, make out and such which is by right sinful in Islam, why do majority of people tend to ignore/take lightly this problem? Why would it be any different for gays then? I guess it is each&#039;s own &quot;jihad&quot; to fight.

I kinda understand what you&#039;re driving at, and what your take is on this topic. But I&#039;d still like to tie a few loose ends as posed above :) Sorry to take up your time ah. I think it&#039;s important to understand the people around us.</description>
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<p>You&#8217;re right to say no one was born gay. God didn&#8217;t make anyone gay. I&#8217;m not very well-versed with Islam ah, or in fact any other religions, but I think God is an idealist. He essentially created space for only two genders, male and female.</p>
<p>I understand your point that being gay is simply a sexual orientation. And I&#8217;m impressed you&#8217;re doing your very best to stay true to Allah. But when you say being gay is a &#8220;lifestyle&#8221;, do you mean that it is associated with gender as well? I feel like it&#8217;s a grey area, so how would you define it?</p>
<p>Why do Muslims say being gay is sinful? Was it written in the Quran so? If it is, then wouldn&#8217;t it be the teachings of Allah to avoid being gay? I mean being straight is already pretty much sinful, and in religious terms, being gay would be doubly hard and sinful. Being one would defy his &#8220;orders&#8221;, and if we defy his &#8220;larangans&#8221;, how do we expect to be forgiven? Adam defied His orders, and look what happened to us; stripped of our essence. What is your take on this?</p>
<p>I was thinking that the &#8220;jihad&#8221; is actually the battle between realising you&#8217;re gay, and emerging out of that phase (ending the phase). Maybe it&#8217;s a test for you and the others out there like you. What do you think?</p>
<p>And yeah, I agree with you on: If girl+guy can get cosy, make out and such which is by right sinful in Islam, why do majority of people tend to ignore/take lightly this problem? Why would it be any different for gays then? I guess it is each&#8217;s own &#8220;jihad&#8221; to fight.</p>
<p>I kinda understand what you&#8217;re driving at, and what your take is on this topic. But I&#8217;d still like to tie a few loose ends as posed above <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Sorry to take up your time ah. I think it&#8217;s important to understand the people around us.</p>
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