{"id":24808,"date":"2026-08-11T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=24808"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:00:06","slug":"indonesian-scholars-issue-fatwa-declaring-cross-gender-clothing-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=24808","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian Scholars Issue Fatwa Declaring Cross-Gender Clothing \u201cHaram\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jakarta (HRNW)<\/strong> \u2014 Indonesian Islamic scholars have issued a religious ruling declaring the wearing of clothing associated with the opposite gender <strong>\u201charam\u201d (forbidden)<\/strong> under Islamic teachings.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes amid growing debate in Indonesia over <strong>LGBT-related activities and their promotion<\/strong>, with religious groups calling for the protection of religious and social values and measures to prevent activities they consider contrary to Islamic teachings.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia\u2019s <strong>Ulema Council (MUI)<\/strong> has previously maintained a strong position against same-sex relationships and LGBT-related activities, and religious leaders have called for greater restrictions on their promotion.<\/p>\n<p>According to the religious position, wearing clothing traditionally associated with the opposite sex is viewed as crossing established gender boundaries and is therefore prohibited under their interpretation of Islamic law.<\/p>\n<h3>Religious Ruling vs. State Law<\/h3>\n<p>The reported fatwa represents a <strong>religious opinion<\/strong> and should not automatically be interpreted as a nationwide criminal or legal ban. Religious rulings and state legislation are separate matters, and enforcement depends on applicable Indonesian laws and regulations.<\/p>\n<h3>Support HRNW<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Human Rights News Worldwide (HRNW)<\/strong> is committed to independent journalism, human rights awareness and public-interest reporting. Support HRNW\u2019s work:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?page_id=1083&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Support HRNW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> This report is based on the reported statements and positions of Indonesian religious authorities. A religious fatwa represents a religious ruling and does not necessarily constitute state law. HRNW does not independently endorse the position described and will update the report if further official clarification becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jakarta (HRNW) \u2014 Indonesian Islamic scholars have issued a religious ruling declaring the wearing of clothing associated with the opposite gender \u201charam\u201d (forbidden) under Islamic teachings. The development comes amid growing debate in Indonesia over LGBT-related activities and their promotion, with religious groups calling for the protection of religious and social values and measures to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24810,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24808\/revisions\/24810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}