-- With a foreword from Jan Jaap de Ruiter. Translation and Afterword by Adi S. Bharat. --In Homosexuality, Transidentity, and Islam: A Study of Scripture Confronting the Politics of Gender and Sexuality, Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed systematically analyses the entirety of Islamic scriptural sources that relate to the question of gender and sexuality in relation to their historical contexts. Through an approach that is certainly more politically engaged than that of most Islamic thinkers of our time, he clarifies key theological concepts that may seem esoteric to the uninitiated. In doing so, he makes a compelling case for the compatibility of sexual and gender diversity within Islam. Zahed also examines the historical and contemporary socio-political impacts of inclusive and exclusive (or, quite simply, homophobic, transphobic, and misogynistic) interpretations of scripture. This important study dynamically examines the connections between scripture, interpretation, and the politics of gender and sexuality.

Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed is currently the director of the CALEM Institute (Marseille). He did a master’s degree from the École normale supérieure de Paris (ENS), a doctorate in social psychology, and a doctorate from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS). He was the founder of the association of queer Muslims in France, Homosexuel-es musulman-es de France (HM2F), as well as the association for young people living with HIV/AIDS in France, Tour du monde des enfants du sida (TMDES). In addition, he was the founding imam of the first European inclusive mosque (Paris).Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed is currently the director of the CALEM Institute (Marseille). He did a master’s degree from the École normale supérieure de Paris (ENS), a doctorate in social psychology, and a doctorate from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS). He was the founder of the association of queer Muslims in France, Homosexuel-es musulman-es de France (HM2F), as well as the association for young people living with HIV/AIDS in France, Tour du monde des enfants du sida (TMDES). In addition, he was the founding imam of the first European inclusive mosque (Paris).

ForewordIntroductionI - The Qur'anic Ethics of "Nature": Gender, Sexuality, and Diversity1a. Human Nature: Mirroring the Will of God1b. Condemnation of "immoral" practicesII - Distressing Qur'anic Verses?2a. The Original Sodomy: Forbidding Ritual Rape2b. The Absence of Female Homosexuality in the Qur'an2c. Positive Identification of Gender Minorities in the Qur'anIII - The Prophet: A Living Incarnation of Qur'anic Ethics3a. Was the Prophet Homophobic and Transphobic?3b. The Status of Mukhanathun: "Effeminate," Trans, or Gay Men?3c. The First "Sodomite": Neither Gay nor Trans, but a RapistIV - Islamic Apocrypha Advocating the Stoning of "Sodomites"4a. The Sectarian Ideology of Fatwas Associating "Sodomy" With Apostasy4b. A Former Mukhannath's Internalized Homophobia and Misogyny4c. What the Different Islamic Schools of Thought AdvocateV - Post-colonial OrientalismsVI - "Abnormals": from cultural diversity to dogmatic uniformityVII - Towards a Structural Reevaluation of Cultural ValuesVIII - Panarabist Literary and Identity CensorshipIX - Orientalist Shi'ism and Literary Homo-eroticismX - Homonationalism and Performative Sexual CategorizationXI - A "Crisis" of Categories, Geopolitics or CivilizationConclusionAfterwordBibliographyIndex