---
title: "Lut's People: The struggle to be gay and Muslim in South Africa"
description: "How do gay South African Muslims negotiate the seemingly irreconcilable divide between their sexual orientation and their religion? Are attitudes towards homosexuality as hardline among ordinary Muslims as those preached from the pulpit? And can things ever change?"
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Identity"
author: "Rebecca Davis & Haji Mohamed Dawjee"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/rebeccadavisandhajimohameddawjee/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-06-13-luts-people-the-struggle-to-be-gay-and-muslim-in-south-africa/"
published: "2018-06-13T01:06:08"
updated: "2018-06-13T01:11:00"
lang: "en-ZA"
---

# Lut's People: The struggle to be gay and Muslim in South Africa

> How do gay South African Muslims negotiate the seemingly irreconcilable divide between their sexual orientation and their religion? Are attitudes towards homosexuality as hardline among ordinary Muslims as those preached from the pulpit? And can things ever change?

By Rebecca Davis & Haji Mohamed Dawjee · Published 13 June 2018, 03:06 SAST · Updated 13 June 2018, 03:11 SAST

## Content

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