Cleric says: Its not a sin

From the award winning documentry BE LIKE OTHERS Logline An intimate and unflinching look at life in Iran, seen through the lens of those living at its fringes, BE LIKE OTHERS is a provocative look at a generation of young men choosing to undergo sex change surgery. Short Synopsis In the Islamic Republic of Iran, a country with strict social mores and traditional values, sex-change operations are legal. Over twenty years ago, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa (religious edict) making sex change permissible for "diagnosed transsexuals." Yet homosexuality is still punishable by death. With Iran's international arms negotiations dominating news headlines worldwide, a very private kind of drama is unfolding behind the scenes. Highly feminine and attracted to members of the same sex, yet forced to live in secret for fear of retribution, a generation of young Iranian men are adopting an identity legally allowed to them—transsexual. In pursuit of what one man calls simply, "a decent life," they flock to the country's best-established gender reassignment surgeon, Dr. Bahram Mir Jalali, and are counseled by 24-year-old Vida, a post-op woman who claims to be "reborn" but warns of dangers that still await. Iranian-American filmmaker Tanaz Eshaghian accompanies several young men as they contemplate and prepare for their transformation, then follows them into and out of surgery. Intimate and unflinching, BE LIKE OTHERS is a fascinating look at those on the fringes of Iranian life—those looking for acceptance through the most radical of means.

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[sanamchanna]

all shi'ites must avail this offer and get their gender changed.

[richdad360]

@3rdGenderPharoh r u talking about men eventually having sex w/ men or r u saying that only the operation is ok or both? Check out Romans 1. Chances r high that these men'll have sex w/ other men. In that situation which one is the sodomite or is it both? Keep in mind there's a word for a man that has had his penis & testicles removed it is eunuch not now a woman. It speaks of eunuchs in the Bible. He is not helping them. Prayer is needed.

[richdad360]

@DestroyIsreal2009 I hit the vote down button by mistake

[DominicanoOR]

*listens* yes, that was the sound of ten thousand wahabi fools dropping dead at the thought that islam *gasp* allows corrective surgery.

[3rdGenderPharoh]

This is the truth. Nowhere in the bible states that transgender is wrong, or in the Quran. Peace be upon wise clergy who know of this, and allow transgender people to seek treatment and assistance.

[DestroyIsreal2009]

and his other claim if it doesnt metion it in the Quran it is halal, the Quran doesnt mention if youre allowed to shove live pigeons up your butt or drink bleach so by his logic this would be totally acceptable under the sharia, his logic just like their warped concept of islam is a joke and i cannot stress this enough the shia are an ugly minority in islam who have innovated, insulted the companions of the prophet Muhammad(saw) and his wives and are not fit to call themselves muslim,

[DestroyIsreal2009]

what more can i say, i knew the shia were seriously astray but this, even by shia standards is a blatant innovation how in the name of Allah swt can they say sex change operations are halal?, his argument to justify it was well empty at best his claim that because we turn trees to furniture it is changing the natural state so its ok to chop your dick off and commit sodomy, you are born either a man or woman no if buts or maybes, chopping your dick off doesnt change that fact ..

[shahhazara]

fuck this mullah that is not an example he gives about the changing wood to table.. wood is not aliving creature. it is doesn't have a feeling. if we follow his example then it is fine to fuck animal because it is not mentioned in Quran.. u guyz are sick and fuckin dum cuents.. pissing me off..

[72olnur]

This is such profound information,afcourse it is not a sin

but unfortunately foolish people stuck with dogma,rules in their mind dont understand it.They can not see beauty

[shb0322]

this is just ridiculous!!! Astagfirullah!

@ eliasfirmino:

"Nothing is perfect, including religion"

???

No I disagree, the relgion of Islam IS perfect, you should enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, don't deviate and add to the religion...sex change is FORBIDDEN!!!