Openly Gay Imam Creat Onle School for LGBTQ-Friendly Islamic Philosophy | Tthout

Contents:

• MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
• THERE ARE 8 OPENLY GAY IMAMS THE WORLD: DAAYIEE ABDULLAH
• EYE-OPENG DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM PREMIER AT ENUNTERS
• OPENLY GAY IMAM CREAT ONLE SCHOOL FOR LGBTQ-FRIENDLY ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY

MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM

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.

"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. Performg funeral r for a gay Mlim who died of AIDS.

THERE ARE 8 OPENLY GAY IMAMS THE WORLD: DAAYIEE ABDULLAH

But not all of them are gay.

Many worshippers at the Light of Reform Mosque are not gay.

"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.

EYE-OPENG DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM PREMIER AT ENUNTERS

“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.

OPENLY GAY IMAM CREAT ONLE SCHOOL FOR LGBTQ-FRIENDLY ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY

Hse Rashid, an adjunct profsor of relign at Hofstra Universy and ntributor to a report on homosexualy U.

“But the tradn was and remas that homosexualy is a s Mlim tradn.