Ali A Olomi

My latest article has been published at USC’s Religion Dispatches. I take a look at the tragic shooting and targeting of the LGBTQ community in Orlando and put the events in the gendered history of jihad and broader conflicts in the Islamic world. Give it a read: http://religiondispatches.org/orlando-tragedy-and-the-tangled-history-of-jihad-and-homosexuality/

The article builds upon my previous pieces for Duke University’s IslamiCommentary, which present the contested history of same-sex relationships and homophobia in the Islamic world.

See: http://islamicommentary.org/2015/07/same-sex-relationships-the-fluidity-of-marriage-in-islamic-history-by-ali-a-olomi/

http://islamicommentary.org/2016/06/the-roots-of-homophobia-and-anti-gay-sentiment-in-the-muslim-world-by-ali-olomi/