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Omar Sarwar

Omar Sarwar is a New York-based writer and gay Muslim activist. He has an M.Phil in modern South Asian history from Columbia University with a focus on political Islam, and has written for the Advocate, Huffington Post Queer Voices, and Patheos.

Archive, Culture, Sexuality/GenderMay 10, 2017

Trump’s Fear and Loathing Won’t Silence The Nation’s Sole LGBT Muslim Organization

By Omar Sarwar

In the days of the Trumpian order, American LGBT Muslims, a minority within minorities, find…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Sexuality/GenderFebruary 10, 2017

The Flaws in the Latest Anti-Gay Islamic Theology

By Omar Sarwar

More and more practitioners have grown weary of being repeatedly told “because God says so, end of discussion” when asking why same-sex relationships are prohibited in Islam.

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderOctober 27, 2016

The Grand Old Homonationalist Party: The Issue that Keeps the Log Cabin Republicans, Republican

By Omar Sarwar

LGBT Republicans are fine with promoting Islamophobia if it promotes their cause.

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(A)theologies, Archive, Sexuality/GenderJuly 21, 2016

Is Islamic Homophobia a Western Import?

By Omar Sarwar

Reassessing the Left’s “European Homophobia Thesis.”

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(A)theologies, Archive, Sexuality/GenderJune 21, 2016

American Muslim Community Must Search its Soul After Orlando Massacre

By Omar Sarwar

Even popular preachers like Yasir Qadhi and Hamza Yusuf pathologize same-sex love.

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