%0 Journal Article
%T Masculinity, Homosexuality and the Defence of Islam: A Case Study of Yusuf al-Qaradawi¡¯s Media Fatwa
%A Scott Kugle
%A Stephen Hunt
%J Religion and Gender
%D 2012
%I Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals
%X This paper analyses how Islamic Neo-traditionalists perceive gender constructs through a distorted view of religious texts and cultural conventions. It explores the ramifications of these constructs for attitudes towards same-sex orientations and relationships. These themes are discussed with reference to a case study of a TV talk show on 5 June 2006 by one conservative scholar-activist, Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, whose teachings have an impact in the Middle-East and on Muslim minorities in the West. The paper will demonstrate how al-Qaradawi articulates his views of homophobia as part of an agenda to reinforce perceived threats to Muslim masculinity.
%K homosexuality
%K homophobia
%K Islam
%K masculinities
%K Neo-traditionalism
%K media
%U http://www.religionandgender.org/index.php/rg/article/view/7215