{"id":274275,"date":"2017-02-13T10:58:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T15:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=274275"},"modified":"2020-10-26T01:40:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T05:40:04","slug":"malaysian-muslim-authority-says-training-guidance-can-reverse-homosexuality-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/sq\/malaysian-muslim-authority-says-training-guidance-can-reverse-homosexuality-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian Muslim authority says \u2018training & guidance\u2019 can reverse homosexuality (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
More stupid: impossible!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Malaysian authorities have released a video explaining to Muslims how to approach the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and suggesting that sexual orientation can be changed with \u201cextensive training\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) released the three-minute video encouraging the Islamic community to \u2018be patient\u2019 and help those who wish to change their sexual orientation with \u201cextensive training and guidance\u201d,\u00a0according\u00a0to the Malay Mail Online.<\/p>\n

In Malaysia, a predominantly Islamic country, homosexual activity and changing gender are illegal under both state courts and Sharia law.<\/p>\n

Jakim urged gay people to repent their homosexuality and to fulfil their sexual desires through marriage and fasting.<\/p>\n

A 2015\u00a0report\u00a0by the Human Rights Watch said \u201cdiscrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people is pervasive in Malaysia.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report went on to say that \u201ctransgender persons face arbitrary arrest, physical and sexual assault, imprisonment, discriminatory denial of healthcare and employment, and other abuses.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video has received mixed feedback from its thousands of viewers on Facebook. Some have commended Jakim for taking a more accepting approach toward the Islamic LGBT community:<\/p>\n

\u201cColor me surprised with rainbow colors. JAKIM actually came out with a video that is non-hateful of the LGBT community,\u201d wrote Luq Harith.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot impressed with the content but kudos to JAKIM for focusing on not being hateful or violent towards LGBTQ people,\u201d wrote Huda Mutalib.<\/p>\n

Others criticized the organization for encouraging reparative therapy and suggesting a person\u2019s sexual orientation can be changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis video is going to make people believe that there is a way to ‘change’ homosexuals into heterosexuals. No way you can do that,\u201d wrote Sheelabanu Sri Jaya.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Gay Indian man threatened with \u2018corrective rape\u2019 by his own family<\/p>\n

\u201cWe set such a low bar for Muslims to get them to act like decent human beings. Calling for reparative therapy is not exactly good intentions, let alone genuine respect that LGBTQI people should live their lives the way they want it to be,\u201d wrote Zulaikha Mohammad.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo JAKIM’s strategy is to use compassion to lure Muslim LGBT to the ‘right’ path while enacting anti-LGBT syariah laws to punish and ruin the lives of those who decide to follow their heart and their own conviction,\u201d wrote Raymond Tai.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.rt.com\/viral\/377179-malaysia-lgbt-muslim-homosexuality\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: More stupid: impossible!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":280920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}