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Contents:
- GAY IMAM HOP TO OPEN ATRALIA'S FIRST LGBTI-IENDLY MOSQUE
- HOW ATRALIA'S FIRST GAY IMAM IS 'SAVG LIV'
- ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM ON WHAT HE'S LEARNED ABOUT INTOLERANCE
- GAY IMAM PLANS TO OPEN LGBT-IENDLY MOSQUE ATRALIA
- GAY MLIM IMAM TO OPEN FIRST LGBT MOSQUE ATRALIA
- THE SECRET MOSQU OPENG THEIR DOORS TO GAY MLIMS
- IMAM GAY ATRALIA KLAIM BANYAK DIMTAI BANTUAN OLEH LGBT MLIM INDONIA
GAY IMAM HOP TO OPEN ATRALIA'S FIRST LGBTI-IENDLY MOSQUE
Atralia's only openly gay Imam says he is alg wh an "avalanche of misery" among LGBTI Mlims, and wants to create a safe hoe and unsellg centre for them. * imam gay australia *
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 Warsame said he is alg wh an "avalanche of misery" among LGBTI Mlims who have no support servic or safe Nur is a vout Mlim who once led one of Melbourne's largt mosqu.
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. Nur Warsame ont of the buildg he wants to turn to a gay-iendly mosque.
HOW ATRALIA'S FIRST GAY IMAM IS 'SAVG LIV'
Obvly beg a gay Imam—the Islamic equivalent of a prit—draws a lot of heat. * imam gay australia *
"You are talkg about an iology that believ your repentance is to be killed as a gay person, " he said he gets daily lls for help om young Mlims stgglg wh fierce and, at tim, vlent ristance om their fay and muny. "'They are tryg to beat the gay out of you'Sam Hawli, 27, me out to his father durg an anxiety attack.
' I put my tst his words and I said to him, 'I'm gay', " Mr Hawli said. "That really was the most prsg time of life, when you are physilly hurt by your fay and when they are tryg to beat the gay out of you. As a Mlim, my relign teach me that homosexualy is not permissible and we stand by that, " he said.
ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM ON WHAT HE'S LEARNED ABOUT INTOLERANCE
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.... * imam gay australia *
Atralia's first openly gay imam, Nur Warsame, unsels Mlims around the world not to feel shame about to travel due to secury ncerns, he set up Marhaba - an onle prayer group - five years tells the BBC how his efforts have helped to "heal" by Rebec Henschke and Haryo Bangun Wirawan.
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. The proposed mosque, announced this week, is the brachild of Nur Warsame, the only openly gay imam (worship lear) the untry. In more nservative schools of thought, homosexualy is nsired a s agast Islam.
GAY IMAM PLANS TO OPEN LGBT-IENDLY MOSQUE ATRALIA
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A lot of Islamic scholars also believe that homosexualy is patible wh Islam, often cg the story of Lot found both the Quran and the Old Ttament.
The story claims that God stroyed Lot's tribe for allegedly engagg gay sex. Another readg of Lot's story claims that God stroyed the tribe bee the people of Sodom and Gomorrah failed to help the poor and needy and refed to stop flictg sexual asslt (of all kds, not jt homosexual) upon each of the beliefs are rporated to certa Mlim-majory untri.
GAY MLIM IMAM TO OPEN FIRST LGBT MOSQUE ATRALIA
More Imams are g out as gay and preachg that sexual fluidy isn't nmned Islam. * imam gay australia *
For example, Moroc and Egypt, homosexual acts are illegal. In some theocraci like Sdi Arabia, homosexual acts are even punishable by ath. It's important to note that not all untri that crimalize gay relatnships are Mlim-majory.
However, untri like Jordan, Turkey, and Indonia— which is the most Mlim untry the world — there is no (official) crime beg gay.
Unfortunately, some of the hard-le views on homosexualy seep to the fay dynamic. )Thgs all changed 2010 when Warsame first publicly me out as gay.
THE SECRET MOSQU OPENG THEIR DOORS TO GAY MLIMS
The imam also said that he receiv ath threats om people who believe homosexualy is agast or patible wh Islam.
IMAM GAY ATRALIA KLAIM BANYAK DIMTAI BANTUAN OLEH LGBT MLIM INDONIA
“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 told The Project. Warsame believ LGBTQ Mlims have hard nsirg that, addn to homophobia, they also have to endure Islamophobia as Mlims Atralia. In November 2012, Europe’s first “gay-iendly” mosque opened Paris.