Islam considers homosexuality as a sexual deviation leading to a perverted act which goes against the natural order Allah (SWT) intended for mankind. It is a corruption of man’s sexuality and a crime against the opposite sex. Therefore, the Islamic Shariah strictly prohibits the practice of this perverted act. This is mentioned in many places in the holy Quran.
The story of the people of the Prophet Lut (AS) who were addicted to this practice, is the best example. Prophet Lut (AS) said to his people:
"Verily, you do sodomy with men, and rob the wayfarer (travellers, etc)! And practice Al-Munkar (disbelief and polytheism and every kind of evil wicked deed) in your meetings…" (Al-‘Ankabut 29:29)
And he said to them:
"Go you in unto the males of the Alamin (mankind), And leave those whom Allah has created for you to be your wives? Nay, you are a trespassing people!" (Ash-Shu’ara 26:165-166)
But their answer to Prophet Lut (AS) was:
"…But his people gave no answer except, that they said: Bring Allah’s Torment upon us if you are one of the truthful." (Al-‘Ankabut 29:29)
And so Allah gave them the punishment they deserved:
"And We rained on them a rain (of torment). And how evil was the rain of those who had been warned." (Ash-Shu’ara 26:173)
Just as a person who has a sexual urge should not satisfy it by committing zina, a person who has this perverted thought should not act upon it. In order to maintain the purity of the Muslim society, most Muslim scholars have ruled that the punishment for this act should be the same as for zina (i.e. on hundred whiplashes for the man who has never married, and death by stoning for the married man). Some have even ruled that it should be death for both partners, because the Prophet (SAW) said:
"Kill the doer and the one to whom it was done." (Related by Al-Bayhaqi)
Information from Al-Jumuah Magazine Issue 5, Sha’baan 1416, Page16