Nova Stia’s first gay-iendly mosque is set to open the next few weeks.
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- AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
- AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
- HALIFAX'S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE OPENG THIS SUMMER
AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
Khaki -found Toronto's first LGBTQ-iendly mosque, Uny Mosque, 10 years ago to allow lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer Mlims t * canadian gay masjid *
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.
AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
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. ”Tugay Sarac is the LGBTQ ordator of Ibn Rhd-Goethe Mosque, the only self-scribed liberal mosque Germany.
HALIFAX'S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE OPENG THIS SUMMER
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.