Toronto mosque is gay iendly, mixed genr prayers led by a woman – The Mlim Tim

Contents:

• AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
• HALIFAX'S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE OPENG THIS SUMMER
• MEET THE IMAM OF AI’S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE
• TORONTO MOSQUE IS GAY IENDLY, MIXED GENR PRAYERS LED BY A WOMAN
• MLIM KANADA AKAN BANGUN MASJID UNT GAY DAN TRANSGENR
• “MASJID” KM GAY RENNA AKAN DI BA DI KANADA
• MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• GAY MOSQUE PLANNED CANADA
• ASTAGHFILLAH, MASJID KH GAY DAN TRANSGENR AKAN DIBANGUN

AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY

Today is the Internatnal Day agast Homophobia. In general, is strange that this phenomenon still exists, bee gay people are everywhere, and no matter how different medieval figur try to “cure” or kill them, is impossible. Today, even the state media of aternal Cha allow themselv to openly exprs support for homosexuals.

Sadly, relign remas the ma stronghold of the fight agast gays. But the Orthodox and pecially Islamic environment, gay people are still beg stigmatized. But what should a vout Mlim do if he is gay?

But the worst thg (om the pot of view of Islam) is not even that gays n e here. After all, gays also go to ordary mosqu, they simply do not reveal themselv.

HALIFAX'S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE OPENG THIS SUMMER

Imam El-Faro Khaki -found Toronto's first LGBTQ-iendly mosque, Uny Mosque, 10 years ago to allow lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer Mlims to attend prayers whout havg to hi their sexual orientatn or genr inty for fear of discrimatn. INTERPRETATIONGay Mlim scholar Stt Siraj al-Haqq Kugle has spent two s rearchg LGBTQ issu the Islamic fah and said many people are surprised to disver that Islam is not herently nmng of LGBTQ people.

“In the Quran, there is no word that explicly scrib homosexual or transgenr persons; the Arabic terms were vented after the Quran’s revelatn, by medieval jurists and ntemporary journalists, doctors and social crics.

FINDING ‘A MIDDLE GROUND’Tugay Sarac was 13 when his father died eight years ago. “I thought I n't be Mlim and gay at the same time, ” he said. “This went on for a few years until I went to the Ibn Rhd-Goethe Mosque, where I realized that is actually possible to be Mlim and gay.

MEET THE IMAM OF AI’S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE

”Tugay Sarac is the LGBTQ ordator of Ibn Rhd-Goethe Mosque, the only self-scribed liberal mosque Germany. Courty of Tugay SaracIbn Rhd-Goethe Mosque is the only self-scribed liberal mosque Germany. “I know that many gay Mlims turn to radil ias bee they want to cure themselv om homosexualy, ” Sarac explaed.

“Mosqu like Ibn Rhd-Goethe n give people a place to be gay and Mlim.

Acrdg to a 2017 Pew Rearch Center survey of Amerin Mlims, a majory (52 percent) believe society should accept homosexualy, pared wh jt 27 percent 2007. K., however, Mlims are ls acceptg of homosexualy. A 2016 ICM Unlimed survey found only 18 percent of Brish Mlims agreed that homosexualy should be legal Bra.

TORONTO MOSQUE IS GAY IENDLY, MIXED GENR PRAYERS LED BY A WOMAN

‘INCLUSIVE AND RELEVANT’Like Kugle, Imam Daayiee Abdullah, one of the first openly gay imams the U. S., believ the prevalent view of homosexualy as a s current Islamic teachg is rooted tradn, rather than scripture. “Many tradns are locked to a particular time, place and culture — they're not necsarily appropriate for today or for people who will be worshippg 50 years om now, ” Abdullah Daayiee Abdullah, founr of the Mec Instute, is one of the first openly gay Imams the U.

E: I lerally knew nobody else that, you know, intified as such - plenty of Christians, even some Jewish dividuals, but not Other relig muni are havg the same ternal stggl about cln and homophobia. A survey by Pew Rearch Center asked people whether, quote, "homosexualy should be accepted by society. Nova StiaNova Stia’s first gay-iendly mosque is set to open the next few weeks.

Halifax is set to get s first gay-iendly mosque this summer. (Shutterstock/Nando Machado)Nova Stia’s first gay-iendly mosque is set to open the next few Halifax Uny Mosque is an expansn of the Toronto Uny Mosque, also lled el-Tawhid Juma mosque is a “genr-equal, LGBTI/queer-affirmg” place for Mlims to worship, acrdg to s Facebook page. Many Mlims live untri where beg gay is a crime.

MLIM KANADA AKAN BANGUN MASJID UNT GAY DAN TRANSGENR

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Jt last month, A group of 51 Mlim natns has blocked 11 gay and transgenr anizatns om attendg a high-level meetg at the Uned Natns next month on endg AIDS, sparkg a prott by the Uned Stat, Canada and the European Unn. Visors om around the world takg part a Universy of Toronto Islamic studi nference vis a gay-iendly, genr-equal mosque. The mosque is gay and lbian iendly, and believ genr equaly.

The El-Tawhid Juma Circle was tablished May 2009 by Silvers, a Universy of Toronto relig studi scholar, alongsi Mlim gay-rights activists El-Faro Khaki and Troy Jackson.

“MASJID” KM GAY RENNA AKAN DI BA DI KANADA

To ensure their gathergs are a safe place, cludg for homosexual members who may not be publicly out, the mosque keeps s downtown lotn secret (terted atten learn where to go by quirg through the group’s webse.

Pernikahan pasangan homoseksual.

MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM

Toronto - Sekelompok kecil Mlim di Halifax, Kanada, g membangun sebuah masjid di mana km gay dan transgenr Mlim bisa ikut berdoa, dan perempuan akan diizkan unt memimp ibadah. Syed Adnan Hse g membuat suatu tempat di mana homoseksual at transgenr Mlim bisa menjadi diri mereka sendiri, termas saat mereka berdoa. Namun, i u sepertya dentang sejumlah ulama Mlim yang mengatakan Al-Quran bersikap tegas mengenai homoseksualas.

"Apa yang dikatakan Al-Quran jelas, seperti Alkab, bahwa homoseksualas tidak derima, " kata Jamal Badawi, seorang profor emer di Universas Sat Mary di Halifax. Dia mengatakan Islam tidak mengajarkan kekerasan at kebencian terhadap gay at transgenr. Mereka mengatakan kepada CBC News bahwa mereka belum menngar at bertemu ngan seorang gay at transgenr Mlim di kota tersebut.

"Unt memba sebuah masjid ba kh unt orang-orang tersebut (gay dan transgenr), mungk u tidak perlu. Hgga ki belum ada yang meiki jumlah akurat km gay at transgenr Mlim di Nova Stia. At the same time, he also embrac and promot the growg Islamist movement Canada, which views homosexualy as a crime punishable by lashg and even ath.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

T’s ernment is also “fundg and implementg LGBTQ-related projects abroad supportg vlence-preventn programs, awarens-raisg mpaigns and advocy efforts, cludg iativ aimed to bat homophobia and transphobia  tn systems.

Yet, Canada, which pris self of dranian “hate speech” laws, allows major Mlim anizatns, imams preachg mosqu, open lectur, books, vios and on social media, the notn that “The Hadd [fixed punishment] of homosexualy is stong to ath.

The methods of killg them (the two who mted the homosexual act) that have been related om the Companns have differed.

GAY MOSQUE PLANNED CANADA

Worse than that, you end up wh lbianism, homosexualy gets born out of those circumstanc.

ASTAGHFILLAH, MASJID KH GAY DAN TRANSGENR AKAN DIBANGUN

Vio 3 – “If one were to nsir homosexualy to be not a rult of choice, meang God ma him that way, then is nceivable that God is gog to prcribe a punishment for an clatn which people have no ntrol of.

“Homosexualy is a sful act Islam… we should not associate wh them and should not take them as iends… In Islam, changg one’s sex is not permissible if the person (male or female) has ‎plete male or female sex ans… Given the above, ’s my advice for him to return back to his origal sex and go through profsnal unselg and treatment to lead normal happy life. “So he said: what is the posn of Islam on homosexualy?

They said: what happens if a homosexual to the majid (mosque)?