Wikipedia's "LGBT topics and Islam" article summarizes documented differences among the four Sunni schools of law on the punishment for male homosexual acts: Hanbalites "insist on capital punishment... in all cases," most other Sunni schools "generally restrict punishment to flagellation... unless the culprit is muhsan," and Hanafis "often suggest no physical punishment at all, leaving the choice to the judge's discretion." Where capital punishment is prescribed, methods named include stoning (Hanbali, Maliki) and the sword (some Hanbalites and Shafi'ites). The article separately states Twelver Shia jurisprudence is "generally harsher than in Sunni fiqh," while Zaydi and Ismaili Shia positions resemble the Sunni schools. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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A tertiary, continuously editable reference rather than a primary or peer-reviewed source; no fixed publication year exists to record. Used only for the granular school-by-school severity distinction it draws from its own named inline citations, a distinction not carried by this project's existing SeekersGuidance-sourced fact on the parent Islam entity. NotesCited for Sunni Islam's detailed position on sexuality: the documented severity differences among the four schools.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_topics_and_Islam
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Source LGBT Topics and Islam (Wikipedia)
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