Mlims lov gays. When to tossg people off rooftops, gays are their first choice. Other favore Islamic LGBT activi clu: public executns, btal beatgs, and anti-gay ath you n image, thgs weren't exactly rabows and glter for Atralia's first openl...
Contents:
- MEET NUR WARSAME, THE GAY IMAM WHO WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE MLIM HOM
- HOW HAVE MLIMS REACTED TO A LGBT-FRIENDLY MOSQUE IN ATRALIA RUN BY A GAY IMAM?
- MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
- ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM ON WHAT HE'S LEARNED ABOUT INTOLERANCE
- A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
- GAY MLIM IMAM TO OPEN FIRST LGTBI MOSQUE ATRALIA
- GAY SOMALI IMAM
- GAY IMAM ADMS ISLAM IS DANGERO... SO HE'S OPENG HIS OWN MOSQUE?
- GAY IMAM PLANS TO OPEN LGBT-IENDLY MOSQUE ATRALIA
- GAY IMAM
- GAY MLIM IMAM TO OPEN FIRST LGTBI MOSQUE ATRALIA
- AN OPENLY GAY IMAM'S FIGHT FOR "TOLERANCE" ISLAM!
- ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM ON WHAT HE'S LEARNED ABOUT INTOLERANCE
- ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM SHAR HIS STORY – WATCH
- SOMALI GAY IMAM IS THE FIRST ATRALIA
- GAY IMAM
MEET NUR WARSAME, THE GAY IMAM WHO WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE MLIM HOM
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 imam somali *
In Somalia where Nur Warsame om and many Islamic muni across the world, beg gay is not tolerated. It was, therefore, a matter of life and ath for Warsame when he me out as Atralia’s first openly gay Mlim lear 2010.
In Atralia, people who are gay, lbian or bisexual are protected om discrimatn by law.
HOW HAVE MLIMS REACTED TO A LGBT-FRIENDLY MOSQUE IN ATRALIA RUN BY A GAY IMAM?
Imam Nur Warsame, the first openly gay Imam Atralia, currently is lookg to open the first mosque for LGBT+ Mlims Atralia, ensurg will * gay imam somali *
However, many Atralian Mlims, jt like much of the Islamic world, are agast homosexualy.
Th, spe beg a proment imam for almost a and a Hafiz – one who knows the Quran off by heart – the Mlim clergy severed ti wh Warsame once he me out as gay. “The reason ’s difficult for people to e out the Mlim world or Islamic muni is bee the loss are too high, the risks are too great, I mean there is even a risk to your life bee the nservative school of thought Islam to unter homosexualy is to be killed, that’s your repentance….
MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
Obvly beg a gay Imam—the Islamic equivalent of a prit—draws a lot of heat. * gay imam somali *
Warsame believ that the tolerance is due to old relig texts that scribed homosexualy as a s. For young people to transn safely they nnot be the environment that is g them the trma, ” said Warsame, who once had to provi shelter for seven gay Mlims his one-bedroom apartment.
Warsame recently had plans of turng a buildg Melbourne to a gay-iendly mosque, as well as a safe hoe and unselg center for gay Mlims.
“Hearg Imam Nur speak up and say, you n be gay and be Mlim mak me credibly happy and satisfied, ” Hawli told BBC.
ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM ON WHAT HE'S LEARNED ABOUT INTOLERANCE
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 imam somali *
Imam Nur Warsame, the first openly gay Imam Atralia, is currently lookg to open the first mosque for LGBT+ Mlims Atralia, ensurg will be a safe and secure lotn Melbourne cy.
A Somali-born vout Mlim who memorised the Quran addn to leadg one of the largt mosqu Melbourne the past, Imam Nur had stopped attendg mosqu and had the Mlim muny cut all ti wh him after he me out gay 2010. ”While is still batable among Mlims whether beg gay is patible wh beg a Mlim or not, Nur said earlier that is “absolutely OK” as the terpretatns of the Quran and how rejects homosexualy are “outdated”, who was married an attempt to f , said that Mlims need to face the homosexualy problem and stop g the outdated ways of thkg.
A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
Atralia's only openly gay imam says LGTBI Mlims need a safe space to live and worship. * gay imam somali *
”Wh the Sydney Queer Mlims welg Nur’s plan to lnch a iendly-LGBT+ mosque, the ia found many supporters as well as crics among the Mlim fact, homosexualy is still a ntroversial issue several religns and muni. Meanwhile, some people qutned Nur’s posn as an “Imam” spe his sexual orientatn that is his own personal are also those who argued that homosexualy is not only prohibed Islam, as was mentned also the Bible and Torah, where homosexulay was percieved as a s. But Imam Daayiee Abdullah – believed to be the only openly gay imam the Ameris – is proud of his story.
GAY MLIM IMAM TO OPEN FIRST LGTBI MOSQUE ATRALIA
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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.
GAY SOMALI IMAM
First openly gay imam Ameri . No pun tend... * gay imam somali *
"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.
GAY IMAM ADMS ISLAM IS DANGERO... SO HE'S OPENG HIS OWN MOSQUE?
Muhs Hendricks, the ‘world’s first gay imam’ wants to help LGBTQ+ Mlims South Ai rencile their sexualy wh their fah * gay imam somali *
But not all of them are gay.
GAY IMAM PLANS TO OPEN LGBT-IENDLY MOSQUE ATRALIA
Atralia's only openly gay imam says LGTBI Mlims need a safe space to live and worship. * gay imam somali *
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. “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.
GAY IMAM
It's a difficult to be gay anywhere, even a untry where marriage equaly was jt legalized. But for a lot of gay Mlims who already face xenophobia all over the world, gets a lot harr. An imam Atralia is tryg to change that by openg the untry's first mosque for LGBTQ Mlims.... * gay imam somali *
“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. 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. Muhs Hendricks, an openly gay imam Capetown, South Ai, has for years been leadg ngregants and preachg that homosexualy and Islam are not patible.
GAY MLIM IMAM TO OPEN FIRST LGTBI MOSQUE ATRALIA
Obvly beg a gay Imam—the Islamic equivalent of a prit—draws a lot of heat. * gay imam somali *
Andre Carson, D-Ind., have both advoted for gay rights.
AN OPENLY GAY IMAM'S FIGHT FOR "TOLERANCE" ISLAM!
Nu Warsame, an Atralian imam, has e out as gay, beg the first such relig lear his untry to be publicly out. * gay imam somali *
An imam Atralia is workg to open the untry's first mosque for LGTBI Mlims, claimg that gay Mlims the untry lack support and safe Warsame, Atralia's only openly gay imam, told Atralian media he als wh an "avalanche of misery" om LGTBI Mlims who need support and muny. Warsame has received ath threats over the years om people who believe homosexualy is patible wh relign.
ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM ON WHAT HE'S LEARNED ABOUT INTOLERANCE
First openly gay imam Ameri . No pun tend... * gay imam somali *
But that hasn't stopped him om speakg openly about what 's like to be both gay and Mlim, and about his experience wh homophobia and Islamophobia. "It's disgtg, bee you suffer om Islamophobia, om both the mastream non-Mlim muny and even some the LGBT muny, and homophobia om both, " he said a 2016 vio terview wh Atralian media. Mlims lov gays.
When to tossg people off rooftops, gays are their first choice. Other favore Islamic LGBT activi clu: public executns, btal beatgs, and anti-gay ath you n image, thgs weren't exactly rabows and glter for Atralia's first openly gay imam.
Atralia's only openly gay Imam is phg for the untry's first LGBTI-iendly mosque that would also act as a safe hoe and unsellg centre.
ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM SHAR HIS STORY – WATCH
When he me out as gay 2010 the Mlim clergy severed ti wh him, spe his rare crentials as a hafiz — someone who has memorised the Koran. "You are talkg about an iology that believ your repentance is to be killed as a gay person, " he said.
Says himself: Islamic belief cre ath for all homos (see Orlando Imam on Gays: 'Death is the Sentence... Roundg up all the muny's gays and puttg them one bombable buildg seems a rather bad ia. Gayns?
SOMALI GAY IMAM IS THE FIRST ATRALIA
Peace be upon man seems to thk Islam and gays n exist as well as the bumpersticker on a Pri parked at a Whole Foods.
GAY IMAM
They have also done terviews wh LGBTQ Somali folks, cludg a discsn wh Imam Nur Warsame, Atralia’s first openly gay Imam. Mali, havg lived Mogadishu, Somalia for roughly three years, discsed his experience livg as a queer man a untry that crimaliz homosexualy and other LGBTQ inti. The Somali-born Gay imam Nur Warsame.
An openly “gay imam” is hopg to open Atralia’s first “LGBT-iendly mosque” wh the next year. Mr Warsame, who ed to lead a mosque Melbourne, me out as the untry’s first openly gay Mlim lear 2010. Homosexualy is forbidn Islam and nsired a major s.