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A Literature Review of Psycho-spiritual Therapy Using Al-Quran and Hadith in Recovering Transgender

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Transgender issues were receiving a close review from media, community and government due to their aggressive behavior in demanding equality of rights. Their involvement in sexual misbehaviors has become threats in community preservation, self-identity, purification of religion and family relationships. It became worse when the increase of new transgender parallel with the increase in HIV/AIDS rates. The government had allocated a large budget in resolving transgender issues to fight against HIV/AIDS. This illustrated that the recovery process of these sexual misbehaviors appears to be uncontrollable and produces a less positive impact. High recovery costs clearly show that the existing treatment does not seem productive. The government started to aware that rehabilitation program of transgender can be effective by utilizing psycho-spiritual approach in the therapy. A few of counseling programs that use Psychospiritual methods based on Islamic teachings had shown to be one of the great success. This is in line with the concept of Rahmatan Lil Alamin and the role of the Quran and Hadith as 'syifa' (medicine) in spiritually treating the troubled. A qualitative study based on content analysis was conducted to identify the scope of the previous study which has been carried out in the related field. This study aims to identify the trend of previous researches and discover the research gap which can still be explored and be develop on. A systematic analysis of literature review is conducted comprehensively. Referring to the results of “literature review”, there are several research has been published on general psycho-spiritual for recovering illness such as drug addiction, mental illness, sexual misconduct, and soul illness. However, research regarding transgender treatment and psychospiritual approach which used al-Quran and Hadith element is very limited. This study also attempts to identify the element of Al-Quran and Hadith to be used in psycho-spiritual therapy towards transgender.

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THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QURAN AS FOUNDATION OF CIVILIZATION (SWAT) 2019/ EDITED BY : DR. NURULWAHIDAH FAUZI, DR. SAMER NAJEH ABDULLAH SAMARH, DR. MESBAHUL HOQUE ,DR. TAZUL ISLAM “AL QURAN RAHMATAN LIL A’LAMIN: VISION AND CHALLENGES” 8th – 9th October 2019 / 9 – 10 Safar 1441H Hosted By : Faculty Of Quranic And Sunnah Studies, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)

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Psycho-spiritual Therapy, Transgender, Quran Therapy, MaknyahTreatment, Sufi’s approach.

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The 6th International Conference On Quran As Foundation Of Civilization (Swat) 2019/ Edited By : Dr. Nurulwahidah Fauzi, Dr. Samer Najeh Abdullah Samarh, Dr. Mesbahul Hoque ,Dr. Tazul Islam

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