socdems shut the fuck up challenge

  • oscardejarjayes [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    it's forbidden in Islam for to be trans/crossdresser

    It's not forbidden to be trans in Islam. Interpretations vary, but Egypt and Iran had fatwas issued in the 80's supporting the rights of transgender people to sex-reassignment surgery. A trans women even ended up on Pakistan's supreme court, and Pakistani clerics have issued a fata saying that "humiliating, insulting or teasing them" is haram. Trans people still aren't treated great, but in a manner by no means unique to Islam or as extreme as they make it out to be.

      • urshanabi [he/they]@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 year ago

        I've been learning a bit about Islam and their legal stuff. It's so extensive, there's so much there and I can't believe this wasn't something I learned. Like you hear that algebra and algorithm get their names from Arab folks (or at least from stuff that happened during the Islamic Golden Age), and I never heard anything about their complex legal tradition. I love bureaucracy, when I read US military documents or read about Stalin's bureaucracy, I get excited at the litany of documentation and writing I can ponder through looking for something specific.

        I now hope to go to an Islamic country (Iran, Iraq, Jordan, etc.) and have the opportunity to check out their libraries and learning centres.