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First and foremost, Insha'Allah, let's start with the Hukum, the ruling in Islam

and this is sort of the clear and unambiguous and something that no Islamic scholar or mainstream

masjid or institution would deny.

Number one, that in Islam any sexual relationship outside of Nekah between a man and a woman

is Haram.

Number two, desires are not sinful.

Or should people be identified or ostracized by desires, but instead, every Muslim is

defined by Islam which is submission to Allah with those desires.

Number three, same-sex actions are unequivocally Haram.

Number four, the one who acts upon those desires is sinful, but within the fold of Islam

so long as they don't justify those acts.

Number five, the one who does not act upon them is actually rewarded by Allah subhanahu

jahada, meaning they're striving.

Number six, the one who denies its prohibition denies what is Ma'lum in a deen Bidrura.

I think we just released the lecture that I gave on Ijmah and Ma'lum in a deen Bidrura

which means that which is known by the religion by necessity.

So the one who denies its prohibition denies what is Ma'lum in a deen Bidrura which takes

one outside of the fold of Islam.

Number seven, to celebrate or support what Allah has prohibited is a form of fusuk

and cannot be done in the name of social cohesion or political mobility.

Number eight, we have and always will condemn mistreatment and violence against people

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