عنوان

Masculinity, Homosexuality and the Defence of Islam:

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انگلیسی

Masculinity, Homosexuality and the Defence of Islam:

[Article]

A Case Study of Yusuf al-Qaradawi's Media Fatwa

Scott Kugle, Stephen Hunt, Scott Kugle, et al.

Leiden

Brill

This paper analyses how Islamic Neo-traditionalists perceive gender constructs through a distorted view of religious texts and cultural conventions. It explores the ramifications of these constructs for attitudes towards same-sex orientations and relationships. These themes are discussed with reference to a case study of a TV talk show on 5 June 2006 by one conservative scholar-activist, Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, whose teachings have an impact in the Middle-East and on Muslim minorities in the West. The paper will demonstrate how al-Qaradawi articulates his views of homophobia as part of an agenda to reinforce perceived threats to Muslim masculinity. This paper analyses how Islamic Neo-traditionalists perceive gender constructs through a distorted view of religious texts and cultural conventions. It explores the ramifications of these constructs for attitudes towards same-sex orientations and relationships. These themes are discussed with reference to a case study of a TV talk show on 5 June 2006 by one conservative scholar-activist, Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, whose teachings have an impact in the Middle-East and on Muslim minorities in the West. The paper will demonstrate how al-Qaradawi articulates his views of homophobia as part of an agenda to reinforce perceived threats to Muslim masculinity.

2012

254-279

Religion and Gender

2/2

1878-5417

Homophobia

Islam

masculinities

media

Neo-traditionalism

Scott Kugle

Stephen Hunt

10.1163/18785417-00202005

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