Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) Is Not Haram: A Muslim Perspective
Explore why comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) aligns with Islamic values and why staying silent harms young people. In this segment, Dina Chearani breaks down what CSE really covers beyond condoms and abstinence to include our bodies, consent, health, relationships, boundaries, gender, power, identity and pleasure.
Learn how Islam’s emphasis on knowledge, safety and intention perfectly complements CSE’s goals and why youth deserve full, shame-free information. You’ll also see the data: only 34% of young people worldwide have access to quality CSE according to UNESCO (2023), and in many Muslim-majority countries, it remains taboo or banned altogether.
Yet when parents in Indonesia understand its protective power, 70% support it (UNFPA Indonesia, 2020). With one in three girls married before 18 in Mana without knowing their rights (UNICEF), the need for dignity, choice and safety is urgent. Being Muslim does not mean staying silent. Islam calls us to seek knowledge, protect others and honor our bodies as sacred.
This is your Sex O’Clock News reporting live from the pleasure revolution.
Sex O’Clock News is designed, imagined and directed by Dina Chaerani with the production support of the Family Planning News Network (FPNN). As a global media network dedicated to solutions journalism in sexual and reproductive health and rights, FPNN amplifies underrepresented voices, reframes narratives, and drives transformative change.