Christianity and transgender people Christianity and transgender people Within Christianity there are a variety of views on the issues of gender identity and transgender people. The many Christian denominations vary in their position, ranging from condemning transgender acts as sinful, to remaining divided on the issue, to seeing it as morally acceptable. Even within a denomination, individuals and groups may hold different views. Furthermore, not all members of a denomination necessarily support their church's views on transgender identities. Abrahamic religions (those which stem from the same root as Judaism) are based on scriptures which describe God creating people as "male and female", which is
Islam and antisemitism "negative assessments and even condemnation of prior religions and their adherents occur in all three scriptures of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam." Scholars have studied and debated Muslim attitudes to, and treatment of, Jews in Islamic thought and societies throughout history. The Quran makes forty-three specific references to ""Bani Isrāīl"" (meaning the Children of Israel). The Arabic term "yahud", denoting Jews, and "yahudi" occur eleven times and the verbal form "hāda" (meaning "to be a Jew/Jewish") occurs ten times. According to Khalid Durán, the negative passages use "Yahūd", while the positive references speak mainly of the "Banī Isrā’īl". In Quran Jews