Negotiating Homosexuality in Islam: A Legal-hermeneutical Examination of Modern Shīʿī Discourse

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Mehrdad Alipour

Negotiating Homosexuality in Islam

A Legal-hermeneutical Examination of Modern Shīʿī Discourse

Mehrdad Alipour

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English

Brill
23 May 2024

Islam; Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships; Islamic law

Series: Studies in Islamic Law and Society

To enrich the existing debates on Islam and sexual diversity, in the present book, I seek the potential discursive spaces on homosexuality in modern Imāmī legal debates. I have undertaken this research on the thesis that modern Imāmī legal tradition on homosexuality is more flexible and dynamic than one might expect. To address this essential issue, I build the study around the following constructive question: what are the discursive spaces on homosexuality in contemporary reflections within modern Shiʿi legal scholarship? Responding to this central query, the study is premised on the notion that Imāmī legal sources consist of a tradition of sacred (textual) sources, intellectual reasoning, a vast stockpile of (often contrasting) interpretations of these sources, and a distinguished methodological repertoire called ijtihad. Following the same methodology, in this work, I describe, analyse, and critique such textual-exegetical and intellectual-rational discursive aspects concerning homosexuality.

By: Mehrdad Alipour
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 55
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 725g
ISBN: 9789004697058
ISBN 10: 9004697055
Series: Studies in Islamic Law and Society
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 23 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mehrdad Alipour, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Utrecht. His study and publications mainly focus on the transformation of Islamic legal and ethical traditions concerning gender, sex, and sexuality diversity in the premodern and modern eras.