Musical Interlude: Rumi Was A Homo - The Kominas

Muslim punks 'The Kominas' roast Siraj Wahhaj on their 2008 album 'Wild Nights in Guantanamo Bay'. Rumi was a Persian Sufi mystic known for his intensely sexual descriptions of his spiritual connection to his mentor, Shams of Tabriz.

"I want to be stoned on your love,
You give better handjobs than Asma Hasan.
Conventional opinion is the ruin of souls,
Bhaijaan [brother dear], it's my prose I can't control.

Rumi was a genius,
Siraj, you're an ass,
Rumi could fuck Shams,
Wahhaj has to wack,
Rumi was a genius,
Siraj, you're an ass,
Rumi was a homo
Siraj, you're a fag.

Rumi's throat never tightened with fear,
naughty Wahhaj, don't use your teeth there.
O Jaan [baby], I like tinder,
O Jaan, set me ablaze with your fire."

Learn more about how traditional Muslim homoeroticism inspired European gay rights: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-homoerotics-of-orientalism/9780231151108

Tolerated homosexuality in Islamic holy books: http://www.well.com/~aquarius/Qurannotes.htm

For sceptics, here's the orthodox translation of Bukhari 67. Notice how many young, unmarried men are pleading with the Prophet for permission “to castrate themselves” (orthodox translation of “to become a khasi" - hadiths numbers 9, 11, 12, 13 a + b). Orthodox Muslims cannot admit that a 'khasi' was a defined social and sexual role in Mohammed's society, because then they would be forced to recognise that they do not understand Mohammed's sexual culture well enough to apply its laws.
https://sahih-bukhari.com/Pages/Bukhari_7_62.php