What Can Be Done About the Aggressive LGBT Propaganda in the West?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
As you know, it is the “pride month” now. Of course, homosexual acts are a sin.
However, what can we as Muslims do about this lgbt-imposition in the West? For example, about the LGBT flags at schools/universities, shops, and many other places?
In Germany, for example, it is worse. They are actively lying and saying “homosexuality is not a sin in Islam” (same with other basic Islamic rules they don’t like headscarves) and “claiming otherwise collides with the liberal democratic constitution.” They are doing active propaganda, labeling those against it as Islamists, and pursuing the motto “You have to consent. Otherwise, you are a Salafi, extremist, dogmatist.”
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question and having concern, like many all over the world.
Action
There are a few steps that you can take to help your family face these challenges:
- Supplicate to Allah Most High first to protect our children from this evil;
- Minimize exposure by keeping children in Islamic environments with religious Muslim friends;
- Limit or eliminate their intake of TV and film that now contain these elements;
- Speak to them about it, its evils and the displeasure of Allah and the curse of Allah Most High that it brings upon one;
- Tell them the story of Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) and his people;
- Ask them not to speak or joke about it as they grow older, as mentioning falsehood for no reason is sinful;
- Most importantly, teach them Islam well, its spiritual and intellectual aspects, and with their deep conviction and faith, they will not go astray by the grace of Allah Most High.
We need to continue to pray that Allah Most High protects all children from that which displeases Him.
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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
