Sex Between Men in Early Muslim Discourses

A Historical Genealogy

AvSara Omar

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Throughout Islamic history, Muslim jurists have prohibited sex between men. Yet, this prohibition was not based solely on scriptural commands. Tracing a genealogy of Muslim discourses across the first five centuries of Islam, this study situates liwāṭ within wider debates about the body, gender, morality, medicine, and religion. Sara Omar examines changing interpretations of the Lot narrative, the evolution of ḥadīth traditions, and the gradual formation of Islamic legal frameworks. Through close readings of legal, exegetical, medical, and ethical texts, the book uncovers deep disagreements over evidence, authority, culpability, and punishment, revealing a tradition marked by contestation rather than consensus. Omar engages Jewish, Christian, and Hellenic intellectual legacies to shows how early Muslims negotiated the boundaries of nature, desire, and the permissible. Accessible yet analytically rigorous, the book offers new perspectives on Islamic law, sexual ethics, and the historical roots of contemporary debates.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-09-30
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009851992

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
HBTQ+ inom Samhälle och politik
Mellanösterns historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Sara Omar is an Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University and was awarded a fellowship at the John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress. Her work traces the legal and social genealogies governing words, concepts, and the practices that they encode. Omar has previously published articles in journals including Islamic Law and Society, Journal of the American Oriental Society, and Journal of the International Qur'anic Studies Association.

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'A book of astonishing breadth and depth, Sex Between Men addresses not only the Iegal status of same-sex intercourse in Muslim texts, but also its social, historical, and medical contexts. This thoroughly researched and clearly written study will now be the standard reference for many years.' Jonathan Brockopp, Penn State University

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. Qawm Lūṭ: an inhospitable people; 2. Shifting interpretations: the making of a Qurʾānic prooftextt; 3. The formation and transformation of legal Liwāṭ Ḥadīths; 4. Contesting Liwāṭ punishments; 5. The hermeneutics of analogical reasoning (Qiyās) and nature (Ṭabʿ); Conclusion; Glossary of terms; Bibliography; Index.