Justice, That Fraught Idea: A Response to “The Normal and Abnormal”
© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press, on behalf of the American Academy of Religion. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.comNADEEM MAHOMED AND FARID ESACK ONLY WANT TO HELP.We both read with interest an article published online by JAAR in...
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 85, Issue: 1, Pages: 244-254 |
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| Summary: | © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press, on behalf of the American Academy of Religion. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.comNADEEM MAHOMED AND FARID ESACK ONLY WANT TO HELP.We both read with interest an article published online by JAAR in July 2016 entitled “The Normal and Abnormal: On the Politics of Being Muslim and Relating to Same-Sex Sexuality.” It has two aims. Its first is documentary. Mahomed and Esack show that antihomophobic movements in the West both participate in the marginalization of Muslims, by viewing them as enemies who need reforming, and ignore the rich precolonial history of Islamic cultures, which may have disapproved of same-sex desire and practices but did not pathologize them. The article’s second aim is transformative. Mahomed and Esack also wish to change—that is, correct—contemporary Muslim views on how one ought to treat sexual minorities. As phrased in... |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4585 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfw085 |