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Pakistani clerics declare transgender marriages legal in Islam

Started by stephaniec, June 27, 2016, 08:53:24 PM

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Pakistani clerics declare transgender marriages legal in Islam

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/27/pakistani-clerics-declare-transgender-marriages-legal-in-islam/

The Telegraph/ By Mohammad Zubair Khan, islamabad  Andrew Marszal, new delhi
27 JUNE 2016 • 7:31PM

"Fifty top Pakistani clerics have issued a religious decree declaring that transgender people have full marriage, inheritance and funeral rights under Islamic law.

The fatwa stated that a female-born transgender person having "visible signs of being a male" may marry a woman or a male-bo"
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