US News: Ain-Amerin Daayiee Abdullah (62) is one of the few publicly gay imams the world.
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
Muhs Hendricks, the ‘world’s first gay imam’ wants to help LGBTQ+ Mlims South Ai rencile their sexualy wh their fah * 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.
THERE ARE 8 OPENLY GAY IMAMS THE WORLD: DAAYIEE ABDULLAH
"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.
But not all of them are gay. Many worshippers at the Light of Reform Mosque are not gay.
EYE-OPENG DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE WORLD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM PREMIER AT ENUNTERS
"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.
OPENLY GAY IMAM CREAT ONLE SCHOOL FOR LGBTQ-FRIENDLY ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY
“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. “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.