Malaysiakini.com takes a look at the connotation of lifestyle and the belief that one can be reformed in Muslim culture.

I refer to the Rentakini article It’s a Muslim issue: How gay are you? The article raised pertinent thoughts on the topic of HIV/Aids and homosexuality vis-a-vis the Muslim perspective.

It states the anxiety faced by many gays and lesbians who are torn between the teachings of Islam and their compulsion towards loving an individual of the same sex. PT Foundation chairman Hisham Hussein is so right in saying that homosexuality is not a Malay Muslim issue – rather it is a phenomenon.

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