While reading Qur'an and Woman, I came up with a similar question to the one posted about women in Judaism. Muhsin says, "The existence of one in such a pair is contingent upon the other in our known world. These are the Qur'anic pairs. Night flows into day; the male is irrevocably linked with the female as man is compatibly linked with woman" (21).
Though Muhsin is trying to show that this idea of pairs shows equality between men and women - each is equally important to the pair - this could be a dangerous perspective. What does this idea mean for homosexuals or people who choose not to marry? Is a man without a woman incomplete; is a woman without a man incomplete?
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I think... the idea of pairs, the idea that both man and woman is equally important to the pair can be used in a way to explain Muslims' negative attitude towards the homosexuality.
I am not sure, but I think it is possible that the homosexuality is not accepted in the Muslim communities, because the homosexuality is believed to weaken oneself...?
(sorry.. my English is not working today)
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