This paper deals with the social, theological, and legal issues concerning the role of
homosexuality in Islam. Due consideration is given to factors that may have encouraged
homosexual acts, whether or not the prevalence of homosexual acts was influenced directly by
Islam, what the social attitudes towards homosexuality were in the different aspects of society,
and the ways in which homosexuality manifested itself within the society.
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