The Importance of Public Acts in Islam

Muslim scholars set the punishment for anal sex between men as anywhere from a relatively light one at the judge's discretion, to execution based on a command from Muhammad of disputed authenticity. Because sexual contact between women, lesbians, does not involve penetration with the penis, it never received the same legal categorization as lewatt. The punishments only pertain to acts done in public, because in Islam there is this quite sharp separation between the public realm and the private realm behind your locked door.