Navigating Differences: Clarifying Sexual and Gender Ethics in Islam - Navigating Differences

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• advocacy is increasingly met with charges of intolerance and unwarranted accusations of bigotry.

• hrough legislation and regulations, disregarding parental consent and denying both parents and children the opportunity to express conscientious objectio

• God explicitly condemns sexual relations with the same sex

• to teach their children

• requently experiences bigotry and exclusion, we reject the notion that moral disagreement amounts to intolerance or incitement of violenc

• . Islam affirms that men and women are spiritually equal before God,

• explicitly condemned imitating the appearance of the opposite gender

• For individuals born with biological ambiguities, such as disorders of sexual development, Islam permits them to seek medical care for corrective reasons

• individuals accountable for their words and actions, not for their involuntary thoughts and feelings

• it is impermissible for Muslims to take pride in identifying with labels that categorize them by their sin

• Peaceful coexistence does not necessitate agreement, acceptance, affirmation, promotion, or celebration

• to oppose any legislation seeking to stifle the religious freedoms of faith communities.

• refrain from making erroneous pronouncements on behalf of Islam.

• s that contravene well-established Islamic teachings. To

• . Our ultimate purpose is to prioritize devotion to God over our desires and not sacrifice our faith.

• most essential requirement for accepting Islam is to submit to God completely, voluntarily, and lovingly.

• (Quran, al-Aḥzāb:36).

• we declare that only He possesses absolute knowledge and wisdom.

• the ultimate source and basis of morality is Divine guidance

• just reason or societal trends.