LGBT+ fom wel plans for Mosque and London's gay district

Contents:

• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• PLANS FOR A MOSQUE THE HEART OF LONDON’S GAY VILLAGE WS THE BACKG OF LGBT+ FOM – SPE OBJECTNS OM OTHERS
• FOUNR OF EUROPE’S FIRST LGBT-IENDLY MOSQUE SAYS BEG GAY AND MLIM IS 'LIKE CIDG WHICH ARM TO CUT OFF’
• #LGBT: 15 SURPRISG THGS A GAY MAN LEARNED ABOUT MLIMS LIVG ACROSS FROM A MOSQUE IN LONDON
• GAY PRI ROW BETWEEN LONDON MOSQUE AND EX-MLIMS LAT
• BAN HOMOPHOBIC CLERICS OM MOSQU, GAY RIGHTS MPAIGNERS URGE
• EAST LONDON MOSQUE MANDS APOLOGY FOR ‘ALLAH IS GAY’ PLARDS AT PRI LONDON

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

The area is also known for s ncentratn of bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots – all of which are nsired sful Islam. Flo, who is an openly gay man, also exprsed his ncern over the proximy — a matter of yards — of the mosque se to London’s famo Soho gay district.

This new mosque is right next to the gay district; and therefore the qutn aris: how will the mosque’s thori react to the handg out of gay leaflets at the ex? Prev proposals for a 1, 000-pacy mosque at the se were dropped 2020 followg a backlash om rints and far-right cricized the plans to build a mosque an area filled wh alhol-servg bars, nightclubs and Soho’s gay venu, all of which Islam shuns as sful. A Brish LGBT+ muny fom weled plans on Thursday (May 28) for a mosque and muny centre the heart of London’s gay district spe seethg phback.

LGBT+ group wel Islamic place of worship London’s gay district. For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsBeg gay and Mlim is like “tryg to ci whether to cut off one arm, or the other”, says the founr of Europe’s first clive and Imam Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed told the Eveng Standard that beg gay “is not s” but that the rejectn of LGBT Mlims is “morn and new Islam” Zahed said: “It has to do wh lonisatn, plex and the fact that Arab Mlim societi are turmoil and are lookg for very macho inti to ph forward.

PLANS FOR A MOSQUE THE HEART OF LONDON’S GAY VILLAGE WS THE BACKG OF LGBT+ FOM – SPE OBJECTNS OM OTHERS

”Reactns to Mr Zahed beg a gay Imam and settg up an clive mosque France have been “much more posive than we expected”.

People who ma 2015 a landmark year for LGBT rightsShow all 10Domic Arnall, who works for LGBT rights chary Stonewall, believ events such as last month’s LGBT History Month celebratg relign means the future looks bright for gay people of fah.

FOUNR OF EUROPE’S FIRST LGBT-IENDLY MOSQUE SAYS BEG GAY AND MLIM IS 'LIKE CIDG WHICH ARM TO CUT OFF’

”Blogger Asad Dhunna supports this view: “Growg up gay and Mlim London is a ltle b tricky, but I actually do not thk there is a better place to do – I feel que open and ee here.

"“What needs to change the future is more people havg the nfince to speak up and more people thkg is okay to be gay and Mlim.

#LGBT: 15 SURPRISG THGS A GAY MAN LEARNED ABOUT MLIMS LIVG ACROSS FROM A MOSQUE IN LONDON

I was 12 years old, nfed, and sred – I was begng to realise I was gay. He was the one who first ma me feel like beg gay wasn’t acceptable. He didn’t outright tell me I uldn’t be gay - was more like he had jt never nsired as a possibily for his grew up Turkey where, acrdg to the Rabow Europe x, attus towards LGBTQI+ people lag signifintly behd European natns like Germany and the UK ( was ranked 47th out of the 49 surveyed untri).

GAY PRI ROW BETWEEN LONDON MOSQUE AND EX-MLIMS LAT

I grabbed the handl to ph , but he slapped my hand away and told me "looked gay". I wasn’t even 10 at the time and all I uld thk was that 'gay' mt be somethg bad if sparked that dad’s attu wasn’t the only thg that ma me feel like I need to hi my sexualy. I had overheard people sayg bad thgs about gay people on TV.

I didn’t want people to thk I wasn’t a real man, or a real old photo of Turgay wh his dadThen when I was 13, I lost my dad to stomach ncer.

My ner turmoil about my sexualy and the loss of my father led me to sk to fay was nservative but not particularly relig, but back then I was sperately searchg for somethg to stop myself beg gay. I watched them as they glared to the mera, sayg gay people would burn hell, and I nvced myself that I mt make that part of me go other kids my age were watchg their favoure gamers or vloggers, I was bge-watchg vios of the radil preachers.

BAN HOMOPHOBIC CLERICS OM MOSQU, GAY RIGHTS MPAIGNERS URGE

My mum followed me and said, "Tugay, I’m sred of what you’ve bee. I was obssed wh beg a 'good Mlim' and followg the teachgs of the onle preachers so that I wouldn't go to hell for beg more years passed, and I still knew ep down I was gay.

I hadn’t chosen to be gay, so why would God punish me for , pecially when I’d done everythg I uld to try and change my sexualy? If I uldn't be gay and Mlim, I wonred, should I be Mlim at all? I've sce learned this nflict isn't unmon the gay Mlim muny.

Khakan Qurhi is a gay Mlim, and the -founr of a UK-based support group for LGBTQI+ South Asians. "It's mon for young Mlims to feel they are wrong for beg gay, and fear gog to hell, " he says.

EAST LONDON MOSQUE MANDS APOLOGY FOR ‘ALLAH IS GAY’ PLARDS AT PRI LONDON

I was 18 at the time, and trapped a fog of nfn: I hadn’t fully e to terms wh beg gay, but at the same time I felt like there was no place for me was then I heard about a new, liberal mosque Berl lled Ibn Rhd-Goethe, that was right on my doorstep. It has a female imam, lets Mlims of all genrs pray together, and accepts gay, lbian, and transgenr Mlims. It’s ed ntroversy the Mlim world, receivg nmnatn om Turkish anisatns and even a fatwa om Egypt but for me, was a light the a gay imam om Marseille, France, vised the mosque and livered a semar, my md was blown – I began to realise that beg gay and Mlim at the same time is natural and normal.

"I always thought you were gay, Tugay! The muny at my liberal mosque helped me realise I didn’t need to turn my back on relign orr to be gay, and I didn’t need to stop beg gay to be you have been affected by any of the issu raised, help and advice n be found here. You are here: Home / Misc / #LGBT: 15 Surprisg Thgs a Gay Man Learned About Mlims Livg Across From a Mosque In London.

A post by a gay man livg oppose a mosque London has gone viral after he attempted to dispel a number of stereotyp associated wh Islam and Mlims. 15 thgs I learnt about Islam and Brish valu beg a gay boy livg oppose a mosque. Brish people’s dry sarsm works really well when nontg the tim the more tradnal parts of islam e face to face wh morn gay culture.