Editing Sodomy (section)

=== Islamic views ===
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The [[Qur'an]] makes a more explicit scriptural connection between homosexual aggression and Sodom. The city name ‘Sodom’ does not appear there, but the Sodomites are referred to as “the people of [[Lut]] (Lot).” Lot is the nephew of the Hebrew/Arabic patriarch [[Abraham]] and, in the Judaic Sodom stories, is head of the only family allowed by God to survive Sodom's destruction. In the Qur'an, he is also the divinely appointed national prophet to his people. Since their national name was unrecorded and “people of Lot” was the only available designation, the Islamic equivalent of ‘sodomy’ has become ‘liwat,’ which could be roughly translated as “lottishness” (see [[Homosexuality and Islam]]).

According to Islamic view, homosexuality is not a natural activity and it was initiated under the influence of Satan among the people who dwelled in Sodom and Gomorrah. In order that they should abandon this immorality, Allah had sent to them Lut as a Prophet. The Qur'an relates, 

'We also (sent) Lut: he said to his people: "Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you? For ye practice your lusts on men in preference to women: ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds".' - Holy Quran 7:80-81 

It is evident from this verse that the sin of the Sodomites was indeed homosexuality (to be specific amongst men) in Islamic context.

In Islam sodomy (Anal sex) is forbidden whether done with a man or a woman.