Reading a paper by scholar Paul Amar this evening, I came across this quotation from a 1997 Egyptian tabloid, where the author attacks a queer manifesto attributed to a certain Farahat who was an opponent to President Mubarak. I found the journalist, while trying to disparage gay people, was actually attributing us a beautiful (yet a bit naive, but who cares?) project, and that is why I wanted to share it.

The author wants to create a historical and humanistic link for homosexual perverts and their actions, and they claim their aim from these beliefs, outlined in detail in the section entitled 'A summary of our Shari'a [Islamic law] is love of a life of desire to beautify it and make it less cruel than the lives of their ancestors.'... They say that homosexuality is the best nature to bring people closer together and spread kindness and sympathy, and do away with hatred and enmity... They refer to some points that exist in all religions that deny the existence of border as well as [the difference between] the revealed religions. They say that homosexuals do not believe in any nationality except the 'Queer Nation,' to which they belong exclusively. They do not admit the existence of borders and boundaries between the peoples of the earth or the animosities that exist between them, and they look forward to a near future in which everybody is queer and a citizen of the Nation, so peace and sympathy will rule the earth, enmity will disappear and people will be free to enjoy eternal sex, the fruits of life, as they claim.

I think I could support that project !