The Koran and the flesh

"The renaissance or reformation of Islam will not happen on its own, we have to act. In my opinion, homosexuality, no matter what people say, is not a choice; and one would have to be crazy to choose to be homosexual when one comes from the socio-cultural background from which I come. Fortunately, here in France, it is no longer an offence. I think that it is the representation that some French Muslims have of their religion, not Islam itself, that poses a problem. It is the human being in all his complexity, his knowledge, his freedom of self-determination, his capacity for empathy, which make him a creator of possibilities, the successor of God on earth according to the teachings of the Koran. I understood that homosexuality as we live it today, at least as the French law allows us to live it, does not go against the principles of an enlightened Islam."