Islam is a diverse, vast faith with Muslims existing all over the world. Although these Muslims worship the same God and recite his words from the same Quran, the differences in culture contribute to obvious differences in values, beliefs, and tolerances among Muslims. Some groups of Muslims have diverted from the strict rules of the Quran established during the time of Mohammed; these Muslims frequently argue that the Quran is a reflection of the time period in which it was written and cannot be applied entirely the same way in the present day. However, there are other groups of Muslims who believe in a more traditional version of Islam; these Muslims believe in a more literal interpretation of the Quran. These cultural tendencies for a more traditional or tolerant perspective on Islam are often reflective in the way a group or country views nontraditional leanings like homosexuality. Homosexuality, or the attraction to the same sex, while existing for hundreds of years has only newly begun to become accepted by certain countries. While the Quran and the majority of hadiths suggest that homosexuality is prohibited, Islamic scholars in countries around the world have developed unique interpretations about what it means to be a homosexual within the Islamic faith and Islamic countries have implemented different laws and policies addressing homosexuality. Generally, the teachings of the Quran and hadiths prohibit homosexuality among men; those who seek tolerance and acceptance for homosexuality do not look within these texts because they are generally explicit about homosexuality. According to the Quran, sex is a sacred act and one with the intention of procreation (Kilgerman 54). Homosexuality, therefore, contradicts this message. One of the most obvious indications of this is the story of Lot. In this story, Lot, the nephew of Abraham travels to the city of Sodom in which he finds that the inhabitants of this city partake in rape and homosexuality. Allah asks Lot to teach the people the immorality of homosexuality: Lot said to the people of Sodom, “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” (Quran, 7:80). The people of Sodom, including the prophet Lot’s wife, admitted to the nature of their ways but did not take Lot’s message seriously. The Sodomites were therefore destroyed and their identities erased from existence. However, the Sodomites were gui