Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed has risked anger and jury to further the e of gay Mlims. Ten years after he tablished Europe's first clive mosque, he explor what has changed.
Contents:
- FRANCE : IMAM ET GAYARTE REPORTAGE
- ARTE REPORTAGEA GAY IMAM
- FRANCE : IMAM ET GAYARTE REPORTAGE
- MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
- THERE ARE 8 OPENLY GAY IMAMS THE WORLD: DAAYIEE ABDULLAH
- A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
- IMAM FRANCE MARRI TWO GAY MLIMS
FRANCE : IMAM ET GAYARTE REPORTAGE
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed is an exceptn the Mlim world: The French-Algerian imam is openly gay. For the past ten year he has led a progrsive and clive movement promotg an Islam that rpects the LGBT+ muny, women’s right, and terfah dialogue. * imam gay arte *
Ludovic-Mohamed-Zahed détonne dans le mon mulman: ce an-algérien t imam, bardé diplôm, ouvertement gay.
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed is an exceptn the Mlim world: The French-Algerian imam is openly gay. But Imam Daayiee Abdullah – believed to be the only openly gay imam the Ameris – is proud of his story. But as a gay man Ameri, he saw that lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Mlims had unmet spirual needs and he beme an imam to provi muny support.
ARTE REPORTAGEA GAY IMAM
US News: Ain-Amerin Daayiee Abdullah (62) is one of the few publicly gay imams the world. * imam gay arte *
"Beg an openly gay imam and havg been intified as such, I do get a lot of feedback and also kickback, but that's OK, " said Imam Daayiee Abdullah, of Washgton, D.
FRANCE : IMAM ET GAYARTE REPORTAGE
* imam gay arte *
Performg funeral r for a gay Mlim who died of AIDS. But not all of them are gay. Many worshippers at the Light of Reform Mosque are not gay.
MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
"Beg an openly gay imam and havg been intified as such, I do get a lot of feedback and also kickback, but that's OK, ” he said. “If you go to most Mlim scholars, they're gog to tell you that homosexual acts are a s Islam; that there's no way around , ” said Dr. Hse Rashid, an adjunct profsor of relign at Hofstra Universy and ntributor to a report on homosexualy U.
THERE ARE 8 OPENLY GAY IMAMS THE WORLD: DAAYIEE ABDULLAH
“But the tradn was and remas that homosexualy is a s Mlim tradn.
The var scholars who ntributed to the project’s report emphasized that there is no sgular terpretatn of homosexualy Islam. "I thk Daayiee is tryg to say, 'Y, I n be gay and I n be a Mlim, and I n tend to people who are also gay and Mlim, ' that this is part of their inty as a human beg and that the relign of Islam teach people to embrace all aspects of their humany, " he said. Though is unknown how many Amerin Mlims or Mlims around the world are gay, a growg number are vyg to be heard.
A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
The film “I Am Gay and Mlim” tracks several gay Morocn men as they explore their relig and sexual inti. Last year, a gay-iendly mosque opened Paris – Europe’s first. Muhs Hendricks, an openly gay imam Capetown, South Ai, has for years been leadg ngregants and preachg that homosexualy and Islam are not patible.
Andre Carson, D-Ind., have both advoted for gay rights. Ain-Amerin Daayiee Abdullah (62) is one of the few publicly gay imams the world.
Do Islam approve of homosexualy?
IMAM FRANCE MARRI TWO GAY MLIMS
Durg my rearch Sdi Arabia, I found posive terpretatn on homosexualy Quran. Is difficult to be a gay imam publicly? There are 12 gay imams the world and eight are openly gay.
It is not difficult for an dividual to be openly a gay imam but pends on the cultural ntext.
In the Wt, there is much more acceptance of gay imams or Mlim gays. Imam explas why some people are gay ?.