A group of clerics in Pakistan has issued a fatwa or religious decree stating that Islam allows marriages between transgender individuals.
“It is permissible for a transgender person with male indications on his body to marry a transgender person with female indications on her body…. Also, normal men and women can also marry such transgender people as have clear indications on their body.” said the document (Fatwa), signed by 50 clerics and issued on Sunday.
At least 50 clerics associated with Tanzeem Ittehad-e-Ummat in the eastern city of Lahore issued the fatwa. In 2012, Pakistan’s Supreme Court declared equal rights for transgender citizens, including the right to inherit property and assets, preceded a year earlier by the right to vote reports Reuters.
