Muslim Gay: Kita bawakan cerita di zaman Nabi Lut A.S. ada Kaum Sadum yang diibaratkan sebagai masyarakat yg rendah dan sangat hina moralnya rosak mental tidak mempunyai pegangan agama atau nilai kemanusian yang bertamadun. Maksiat yg paling menonjol yang menjadi ciri khas masyarakat Sadum adalah perbuatan homoseksual (liwat) di kalangan lelakinya dan lesbian di kalangan wanitanya. Kedua-dua jenis kemungkaran yg menjijikkan ini bermaharajalela di dalam masyarakat Sadum sehingga sudah menjadi adat, tradisi dan kebudayaan kaum itu. Nabi Lut A.S. berdoa kepada Allah (SWT) setelah semua dakwah dan nasihatnya tidak dapat menambat dan didengari oleh kaum Sadum menurunkan bala ke atas kaum Sadum sebagai pengajaran berupa azab di dunia sebelum seksa yang kekal menanti mereka di akhirat kelak. Allah (SWT) telah mengutus tiga (3) org malaikat menyamar sebagai pemuda yang tampan dan kacak yang menjadi tetamu kepada Nabi Lut A.S. Nabi Lut A.S. cuba merahsiakan kunjungan pemuda-pemuda tersebut tetapi kaum Sadum telah mengetahuinya maka mereka telah menyerang rumah Nabi Lut A.S. untuk merampas pemuda-pemuda itu utk di jadikan ulam homoseksual mereka. Surah Hud ayat 77-83 ada menceritakan akan kejadian tersebut. Akhirnya kaum Sadum di binasakan oleh Allah (SWT) dengan mendahului suatu gempa bumi yang kuat dan hebat disertai angin dan puting beliung kencang serta menebalikkan kota Sadum sehingga hancur dengan di hujani oleh batu-batu sijjil yang berasal dari Neraka Jahim. Nabi Lut A.S. dan keluarga selamat kecuali isterinya yang membantah akan ajakan beriman kpd Allah (SWT). Surah Al-Qamar 33-40 Dan demi sesungguhnya! Kami telah mudahkan Al-Quran untuk peringatan dan pengajaran maka adakah sesiapa yang mahu mengambil peringatan dan pelajaran (daripadanya)? Ingatlah jangan kita sampai satu hari nanti jadi macam kaum Sadum di zaman Nabi Lut A.S. Bunga-bunga sudah nampak kalau tidak di bendung ianya akan menular seperti barah yang cepat merebak yg akan merosakkan segala-gala yang telah di tentukan oleh Allah (SWT). Maka kita nantikanlah sahaja azab dan bala yg akan menimpa kita org Islam di Malaysia.

Azwan - I'm gay, I'm OK

KUALA LUMPUR - A Muslim gay man in Malaysia says he fears for his safety after speaking about his sexuality in an Internet video that attracted online death threats and accusations by religious authorities that he is insulting Islam.

Azwan Ismail told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Tuesday he was taking safety precautions following fierce criticism in this conservative, Muslim-majority country over his clip, which has been viewed more than 140,000 times on YouTube in just six days.

The segment, titled "I'm Gay, I'm OK," features the 32-year-old engineer encouraging other gay Malaysians to be confident in themselves. It is part of a series of interviews posted online by gay rights activists since last week, but Azwan has attracted heavy attention because he is the only one from Malaysia's ethnic Malay Muslim majority so far.

"I don't know what to expect next," Azwan said Tuesday in his first comments to the media after his nearly three-minute clip was posted Dec. 15. Other gay Malaysians featured in the "Independent Sexuality" video campaign so far are mainly ethnic Chinese non-Muslims, who generally face less of a public stigma about homosexuality.

Azwan said he has tried to avoid going out alone or lingering at public places after a few of the 3,000 people who commented on his video issued death threats and many others rebuked him. He has also made his personal details more private on social media websites. Although Azwan's face appears clearly in the video, he declined to be photographed for the AP interview.

Malaysia's Cabinet minister for Islamic affairs, Jamil Khir Baharom, voiced concerns over the weekend that gay activists were trying to promote homosexuality. He said officials might take "appropriate action to prevent this from spreading because it would hurt Islam's image."

Harussani Zakaria, one of Malaysia's top Islamic clerics, reportedly said Azwan should have not made such an open declaration that "derided his own dignity and Islam in general."

In the clip, Azwan said it was tough being gay in Malaysia because "religious and cultural factors have defined our lives, telling us who we can be and who we can't."

Azwan did not break any obvious laws by talking in the video, but he said his lawyer friend was checking whether other legal action could be taken against him. Sodomy is punishable by 20 years in prison, though the law is only occasionally enforced. Some states impose fines or jail terms for gay-related actions such as cross-dressing in public.

The video series is inspired by the similar "It Gets Better Project" started in the United States in October in response to a string of gay youth suicides. Several more Malay Muslims are expected to speak in upcoming clips, which are meant to tell young gay Malaysians not to despair about their future.

"My intention was not to insult Islam," Azwan told the AP. "I just wanted to represent gay Malays in this project. I hope these videos will help to create a more open society and more discussion."

Azwan, who has a boyfriend, said he started confiding in others about his sexuality five years ago. He added that he has not broached the subject with his parents, but his brother asked him about it after news of the video surfaced.