attain unto the achievement of ‘the best of all possible offspring’, nor can
marital taqua be established as responsible, well-adjusted Muslim stewards.
Thailand is a microcosmic example of the present global trend, where there is
an epidemic of homosexuality and various forms of trans-sexualism as well as
lesbianism.^64 This is directly related to:
- increased self-medication with street drugs, alcohol and the Birth
Control Pill; - violent behavior towards pregnant women (40% of Thai women are
regularly abused physically); - incest.
The lifelong effects on the developing fetus during the first 4 -12 weeks of
gestation from these multiple insults are gender-bending dysfunctions and
various anomalies affecting the child’s sexuality. Nevertheless, every human
creature born and thus disaffected from the intended divine norm of
Al’Mussawwir, will continue to seek and demand the tender intimacies of
trust through sexual touch. The fitrah remains but is swamped by tides of
deviancy.
Sexual bliss via intercourse leading to mutual satisfaction and shared
ecstasy in the context of intimacy is the blessed carnal goal of the skin-to-skin
expression of trust (iman). Hence, the prophets multiply married and
Prophet Mohammad confessed his love of women. Trust is therefore the
measure of marital bliss and paves the road for taqua’s perfection. Without
trust, the autonomous physiologic sexual response and desire become subject
to animal-like obsessive-compulsive realms of behavior, which the following
analogy illustrates:
When a bitch is in heat, every dog in the region is obsessed with mounting her and
will gather to viciously spar for the privilege. There is no reasoning involved and
when the heat subsides so also does the pack’s compulsive obsession.64
The prevalence of bisexual and homosexual orientation and related health risks among
adolescents in northern Thailand. van Griensven F, Kilmarx PH, Jeeyapant S,
Manopaiboon C, Korattana S, Jenkins RA, Uthaivoravit W, Limpakarnjanarat K, Mastro
TD. Arch Sex Behav. 2004 Apr; 33(2) :137-47. Report 9% males / 11.2% females either
homo, bi, or lesbian.