Pakistani clerics rule that transgender marriage is legal in Islam.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

I guess this is a step in the right direction

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/27/pakistani-clerics-declare-transgender-marriages-legal-in-islam/

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Baby steps.  So I guess the person who handles the marriage certificate decides if you "pass" or not?

[dead0man]

The official council of Pakistani clerics (or some stupid name like that) rejected an anti-pedophilia Bill in Jan because it was anti-Islamic.  They are also cool with marrying a 9 year old, as long as she's hit puberty.

You never know what you're going to get from a Pakistani cleric.

[Mopsus]

I'm not very surprised, given the history of sexuality in that region (though the strong language used by the clerics is remarkable).

[ingemann]

I'm not very surprised, given the history of sexuality in that region (though the strong language used by the clerics is remarkable).

Yep, this shouldn't come to a surprise to anybody, Pakistan have the so called third gender, which is a integrated part of their culture. Also if we look to their neighbour in Iran, it have been a policy for years, where they recognise transgender people as having been born in the wrong body. So the Iranian seek treat transgendered not as a mental disorder, but as a physical one, which can be cured by people being changed into their correct gender.

As such this seem less of liberal cleric and more "a broken clock being right twice a day".

[Blue3]

Muslim societies have been much more tolerant of transgenderism in general.

[SATW]

 what Ingemann said: "a broken clock being right twice a day"

[Zioneer]

I'm not very surprised, given the history of sexuality in that region (though the strong language used by the clerics is remarkable).

Yep, this shouldn't come to a surprise to anybody, Pakistan have the so called third gender, which is a integrated part of their culture. Also if we look to their neighbour in Iran, it have been a policy for years, where they recognise transgender people as having been born in the wrong body. So the Iranian seek treat transgendered not as a mental disorder, but as a physical one, which can be cured by people being changed into their correct gender.

As such this seem less of liberal cleric and more "a broken clock being right twice a day".

Yeah, I've always found that historical and modern context to be fascinating, if a bit horrifying. Enlightened and modern views on transgender people (moreso than many on this forum, for that matter), but very regressive views on openly gay people.

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Well that's the problem with using words like 'enlightened' and especially given the reasoning 'modern'.