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[QUOTE]Originally posted by SlimJim: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Tukuler: [qb] ^ Arabs and their Islamic settler colonies effected traditional African mores. Islamic literature includes pederast poets like Abu Nuwas el-Hasan bin Hani. For later poets [b] Khaled El-Rouayheb[/b] (2005)[i] The Love of Boys in Arabic Poetry of the Early Ottoman Period, 1500 – 1800[/i] Middle Eastern Literatures: incorporating Edebiyat, 8:1, 3-22 [b]Abstract[/b] The Arabic poetry of the early Ottoman period (1500 – 1800) is still, to a large extent, unexplored territory. The few secondary monographs on the poetry of the period suggest that love-poetry as a rule portrayed a female beloved. In the first part of the article I argue that this is misleading. [URL=http://ndrln]The portrayed beloved seems often, and perhaps most often, to have been a beardless or downy-cheeked male youth.[/URL] In the second part of the article, I address the issue of how such poetry should be understood. According to some modern scholars, such pederastic poetry indicates a widespread tolerance of ‘homosexuality’ in the pre-19th century Arabic – Islamic world, despite Islamic legal prohibitions. Other scholars argue that such poetry was cultivated openly because they were conceived to be nothing more than time-honoured literary exercises. I argue that both positions overlook the fact that much of this poetry celebrated a passionate but chaste love in the ‘udhrı ̄ tradition, and that Islamic jurists did not consider such love to be prohibited, even if directed at a beardless youth. [/qb][/QUOTE]Damn i never would have expected pederasty to be explored like that by islamic writers, i could see that being introduced by muslim settlers into Somalia, Harar and other parts of muslim Ethiopia, but how do you explain this presence amongst Amharas and Qemants who are overwhelmingly non-muslim? Pre islamic yemeni settlers or simply contact with islamic groups etc...? Tbh, i have a hard time seeing how some anthropolgists strolled into these strict muslim communities and saw homosexual acts so openly, if it occured I definitely think it would be behind closed doors, im reading claims of travellers seeing this in Eritrea aswell, im Tigrinya and i can't imagine anyone in Eritrea being open about being gay, yet somehow these guys just stumbled upon openly gay relationships, these accounts need to be taken with a pinch of salt imo. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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