<p>EastEnrs' current romantic storyle featurg a gay Mlim character has ed a stir. But what is really like to be gay wh Bra's Mlim muni? Interviews by <strong>Homa Khaleeli</strong></p>
Contents:
- AS A GAY BRISH MLIM, THIS IS WHAT I THK OF THE POLL FDG OVER HALF OF UK MLIMS WANT HOMOSEXUALY BANNED
- WHAT'S LIKE BEG A GAY MLIM?
- I WANT YOUNG GAY MLIMS TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE ENOUGH, NO MATTER HOW HARD IS
- IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
- WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM AMERI
AS A GAY BRISH MLIM, THIS IS WHAT I THK OF THE POLL FDG OVER HALF OF UK MLIMS WANT HOMOSEXUALY BANNED
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Bee apparently, more than half of all Brish Mlims thk homosexualy should be ’s remember took the rt of Bra a sexual revolutn, a lot of activism, art and cema along wh some major reform to get to where we are now on gay rights. I’m hardly surprised that 52 per cent don’t thk homosexualy should be legal. And dog so n have far reachg nsequenc on both dividuals and the 's why so many gay Brish Mlims choose to stay the closet.
WHAT'S LIKE BEG A GAY MLIM?
Zakariyya Bori is sharg his experienc as a young gay Mlim to help other queer people on the road to self-acceptance. * gay muslims uk *
This leads to a secret double life wh dark nsequenc, such as the gay Mlims livg straight marriag.
I WANT YOUNG GAY MLIMS TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE ENOUGH, NO MATTER HOW HARD IS
For many LGBT Mlims, g out of the closet to their fai and relig muni n be a ght cisn. One Mlim lear says she receiv lls regularly om young gay and lbian Mlims who are aaid to reveal their sexual inty. * gay muslims uk *
Naz Mahmood killed himself after his mum found out he was gay.
This was the first story I ever read the mastream prs about a gay Mlim - is any surprise that so many choose to stay silent when they see ‘people like me’ enunterg such fatal stggl?
IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
Parents have been prottg over relatnship tn, sayg is patible wh their relig valu. Where do the row leave gay Mlims? * gay muslims uk *
Beg gay and Mlim is 'like cidg which arm to cut off’Every time I speak tthfully about beg a gay Mlim, I enunter posivy om other Mlims – om “Wow, I’ve never met someone like you! ” to “I’ve always spected my uncle was gay…I wish he uld e out”. I’ve enuntered a plethora of other gay Mlims now, cludg Bra’s first out Mlim drag queen, Asifa Lahore, and have found foms such as Stonewall’s ter-fah semar, which brought up topics such as how Mlim muni n support LGBT people earlier this year.
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY AND MLIM AMERI
We’re really not so different at 's rearch shows that the time has e for Brish Mlims - straight, gay or otherwise - to break the silence and start havg more difficult nversatns. It's the only way we n start to create a mastream space for homosexualy wh Brish Islam, and cut that 52 per cent statistic down as far as possible.
Brish Mlims are more likely to feel a stronger nnectn to Bra than the populatn at large, acrdg to pollg, which also found that more than half thk that homosexualy should be illegal.