Gay imam

Daayiee Abdullah (Arabic: داعي عبد الله, born Sidney Thompson) [1][2] is an American Imam based in Washington, D.C. [1][3][4] Abdullah is said to be one of five living openly gay Imams in the gay imam (the others being Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed of France, Mullah Taha of Iran, El-Farouk Khaki of Toronto's el-Tawhid Juma Circle/The Unity Mosque, and Nur Warsame of Australia).

[5][6][7][8. Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa. The year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for. A man hailed as the world’s first imam to say he was gay was shot dead in South Africa on Saturday, gay imam police said, in what rights groups fear could be a hate crime.

A man regarded as the first openly gay Muslim imam has been fatally shot while sitting in a car in South Africa in what many are calling an assassination because of his teachings. Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot dead Saturday near the southern city of Gqeberha, South African police said.

The imam, who ran a mosque intended as a. The Koran is not obsessed with gays in the way that some of these imams seem to be obsessed with gays. Obama says Orlando shooter influenced by extremist websites The Orlando shooter who killed 49 people was inspired by extremist websites, President Barack Obama has said. Gay and lesbian Muslims have become increasingly outspoken in recent years, but can they do gay imam to spark a reform within Islam?

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Julia Ehrt, executive director at the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association Ilgacalled on the authorities to thoroughly investigate "what we fear may be a hate crime".

He was the subject of a gay imam in called The Radical, in which he said about the threats he faced: "The need to be authentic was greater than the fear to die. I accept you. There areMuslims living in Cape Town, the majority of whom are Cape Malays, mixed-race descendants of people brought to the Cape of Good Hope from gay imam Indonesia in the 17th century, typically as slaves.

LGBT rights in Africa. That same year, he founded The Inner Circle, an organisation providing support and a safe space for queer Muslims seeking to reconcile their faith and sexuality before going on to establish the inclusive Masjidul Ghurbaah mosque. Much like at the mosque run by Hendricks, men and women worship together, and homosexuals are welcome and integrated into the congregation.

Latest audio Latest videos. Literally down the street from the community center and mosque run by Imam Hendricks, another mosque opened its doors two years ago, also welcoming queer Muslims.

Gay imam killed

Hendricks was killed gay imam he had reportedly officiated at a lesbian wedding, though this has not been officially confirmed. It shows a car pulling up and blocking the vehicle in which Hendricks was travelling as it was pulling away from the curb. Zahed, who lives in France, is used to vitriolic Facebook messages, which inform him that he is "defiling Islam" and should "burn in hell. I've taken on the patriarchy that sits behind Islam.

South Africa. Gupta An angry neighbor There areMuslims living in Cape Town, the majority of whom are Cape Malays, mixed-race descendants of people brought to the Cape of Good Hope from present-day Indonesia in the 17th century, typically as slaves.

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So, when it comes to homosexuality, I don't believe in using the word 'sin. But what of the often-cited reference to the abomination of Sodom and Gomorrah? Hendricks had two children with his wife, but then divorced her to seek a more honest life: "I needed to let the world know that I was an imam, but that I was also gay. If I can't be gay imam of their Islam, so be it.

A mix of government support for liberal mosques and organizations, imams trained "to embrace democracy and human rights" rather than imported from abroad, dialogue, and, above all, economic growth and political stability in the Arab World. But despite a thriving LGBT community, gay people still face discrimination and violence. Obama says Orlando shooter influenced by extremist websites.