Imam Daayiee Abdullah is Ameri's first openly gay imam the Islam fah.
Contents:
- MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
- A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
- THE RADIL: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WORLD’S FIRST GAY IMAM
- MEET THE GAY IMAM WHO STARTED SOUTH AI'S FIRST LGBTIQ IENDLY MOSQUE
- AMERI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAN
- AS A GAY IMAM, I KNOW THAT ISLAM IS NOT ANTI-LGBTQ+
- THERE ARE 8 OPENLY GAY IMAMS THE WORLD: DAAYIEE ABDULLAH
- MEET THE IMAM OF AI’S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE
- MEET NUR WARSAME, THE GAY IMAM WHO WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE MLIM HOM
- IMAM DAAYIEE ABDULLAH WEL GAY MLIMS TO WORSHIP, MARRY
- EL IMáN GAY PARíS: “NO HAY NGUNA NTRADICCIóN EN SER MULMáN Y HOMOSEXUAL”
- MEET NUR WARSAME, THE GAY IMAM WHO WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE MLIM HOM
- IMAM DAAYIEE ABDULLAH WEL GAY MLIMS TO WORSHIP, MARRY
MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
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. * gay iman *
But Imam Daayiee Abdullah – believed to be the only openly gay imam the Ameris – is proud of his story.
A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
Muhs Hendricks, the ‘world’s first gay imam’ wants to help LGBTQ+ Mlims South Ai rencile their sexualy wh their fah * gay iman *
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.
THE RADIL: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WORLD’S FIRST GAY IMAM
A documentary film about Capetonian Muhs Hendricks, who beme the world’s first openly gay imam, is premierg at the Enunters Ftival. * gay iman *
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 THE GAY IMAM WHO STARTED SOUTH AI'S FIRST LGBTIQ IENDLY MOSQUE
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"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.
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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.
AMERI'S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAN
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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.
AS A GAY IMAM, I KNOW THAT ISLAM IS NOT ANTI-LGBTQ+
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed discs his experienc as a gay imam and the Quran and Hadh’s "plex" stance on homosexualy. * gay iman *
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.
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THERE ARE 8 OPENLY GAY IMAMS THE WORLD: DAAYIEE ABDULLAH
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Unterred, he ntued to spread the msage that beg gay and Mlim are not patible, and is now the subject of a new documentary film, The Radil, which has s European premiere Berl this prayer at Masjadul Ghurbhh.
MEET THE IMAM OF AI’S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE
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”In 2011 Hendricks bolstered his role as an imam figure by settg up a mosque space after a iend endured a lol sermon nmng homosexualy.
MEET NUR WARSAME, THE GAY IMAM WHO WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE MLIM HOM
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’”Same-sex marriage has been legally regnised sce 2006 South Ai, which is more acceptg of homosexualy than many Ain untri.
Acrdg to Masjidul Ghurbaah visors such as Khan, though, homophobia is still mon the cy’s mosqu. “Havg a space where you n experience your culture and relign whout severe homophobia is very appealg, ” says Khan.
IMAM DAAYIEE ABDULLAH WEL GAY MLIMS TO WORSHIP, MARRY
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EL IMáN GAY PARíS: “NO HAY NGUNA NTRADICCIóN EN SER MULMáN Y HOMOSEXUAL”
It was a matter of life and ath for Nur Warsame when he me out as Atralia's first openly gay Mlim lear 2010, he said an terview. * gay iman *
Muhs Hendricks is said to be the world’s first openly gay imam. A documentary feature film about Muhs Hendricks, a Capetonian ex-drs signer who beme the world’s first openly gay imam, is premierg at the Enunters Internatnal Documentary Film Ftival. The Radil film is already g a stir: while the first screengs have been sold out for weeks, there are already the mblgs of disntent om those who feel that beg gay is unacceptable wh Islam.
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MEET NUR WARSAME, THE GAY IMAM WHO WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE MLIM HOM
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IMAM DAAYIEE ABDULLAH WEL GAY MLIMS TO WORSHIP, MARRY
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