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Marks of Ambivalence of Homosexuality Between Arab Literary Works and Islamic Jurisprudence: A Brief Historiographical Commentary

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Aboul-Enein, B.H. Marks of Ambivalence of Homosexuality Between Arab Literary Works and Islamic Jurisprudence: A Brief Historiographical Commentary. Arch Sex Behav 44, 9–11 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0438-4

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