'People Of Prophet Lut Suffer Painful Torture Thrown By Hot Stones,' Warning From LDII For LGBT

Chairman of the DPP Indonesian Islamic Da'wah Institute (LDII) KH Chriswanto. (ANTARA/HO)

JAKARTA - The Central Executive Board (DPP) of the Indonesian Islamic Da'wah Institute (LDII) stated that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) are against religion and morality.

Chairman of the DPP LDII KH Chriswanto said that the divine religion, especially Islam, prohibits the practice of LGBT.

"The Qur'an clearly explains and even repeats the story, not only in one letter but in several letters. This means that Islam strictly prohibits the practice of LGBT," he said in a written statement received in Jakarta, Antara, Wednesday. , May 25.

The people of Prophet Lut who practice LGBT are referred to in the Qur'an as transgressors or wicked. With that mention, those who practice LGBT receive the consequences for their actions.

"The people of Prophet Lut experienced a painful torment in the form of throwing hot stones and the ground they were standing on was turned over by Allah, like a big disaster," he explained.

KH Chriswanto reminded LGBT people or those who like to commit adultery about the existence of diseases that attack the genitals.

"Various venereal diseases, one of which is HIV/AIDS which is the most difficult to cure. All of these are signs that deviations from God's orders have social and personal consequences," he said.

In his view, LGBT is an individual right, but individual freedom which is contrary to religion and cultural norms is not appropriate to be implemented.

"It is a lust that must be avoided, because the risk is great," he said.

According to him, LGBT adherents can also damage the psyche of the nation's future generations.

"You can imagine, homosexuals who mostly adopt children, are they not aware of the mental burden the child is carrying," he said.

In his view, when the child understands that parents are both father and mother, suddenly he finds that his parents are all male or all female.

"This can damage the psyche and morale of future generations," he said.

He appealed to LGBT people to return to God's commandment not to commit sexual perversions.

"LGBT by the Ministry of Health is categorized as a mental illness, which is not caused by biological factors let alone destiny. There must be an incident that makes a person deviate from his sexual orientation," he said.

Thus, he continued, the opportunity to be cured has a great chance. Recently, the issue of LGBT has become a topic of discussion on social media. This is because, on May 17, the British Embassy in Jakarta raised a rainbow flag to commemorate Anti-Homophobia Day.

Religious and community leaders were concerned about the incident, and considered the British Embassy insensitive to the religion and culture of the Indonesian people.