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.
Contents:
- MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
- A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
- THERE ARE 8 OPENLY GAY IMAMS THE WORLD: DAAYIEE ABDULLAH
- ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM ON WHAT HE'S LEARNED ABOUT INTOLERANCE
- LIFE AS A GAY IMAM ISN'T AS BAD AS IT SOUNDS
- IMAM GAY ATRALIA KLAIM BANYAK DIMTAI BANTUAN OLEH LGBT MLIM INDONIA
- FRANCE : IMAM ET GAYARTE REPORTAGE
MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
Muhs Hendricks, the ‘world’s first gay imam’ wants to help LGBTQ+ Mlims South Ai rencile their sexualy wh their fah * un imam gay *
But Imam Daayiee Abdullah – believed to be the only openly gay imam the Ameris – is proud of his story. 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. Performg funeral r for a gay Mlim who died of AIDS.
But not all of them are gay.
A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
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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.
THERE ARE 8 OPENLY GAY IMAMS THE WORLD: DAAYIEE ABDULLAH
US News: Ain-Amerin Daayiee Abdullah (62) is one of the few publicly gay imams the world. * un imam gay *
“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.
ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM ON WHAT HE'S LEARNED ABOUT INTOLERANCE
Obvly beg a gay Imam—the Islamic equivalent of a prit—draws a lot of heat. * un imam gay *
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. Andre Carson, D-Ind., have both advoted for gay rights.
” Khan was born to the Mlim fah, while Ty – who intifi as non-bary – is a recent pansexual uple are among a dozen or so people who have gathered to listen to Muhs Hendricks, often lled “the world’s first openly gay imam”.
LIFE AS A GAY IMAM ISN'T AS BAD AS IT SOUNDS
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.
”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. ’”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. Last summer the MJC clared a h fatwa on gay liftyl.
IMAM GAY ATRALIA KLAIM BANYAK DIMTAI BANTUAN OLEH LGBT MLIM INDONIA
”skip past newsletter promotnafter newsletter promotnHendricks says there’s nothg the Qur’an that “should be ed as blanket nmnatn of homosexualy”. He says there’s nothg the text that should be ed as blanket nmnatn of homosexualy.
In 2019 he went to Kenya to promote LGBTQ+ rights ahead of the untry’s high urt upholdg anti-homosexualy laws current activism projects clu creatg onle vios Urdu and Hdi discsg LGBTQ+ Mlims. He talks to the few other gay imams around the world, such as Atralia’s Nur Warsame and US-based Daayiee Abdullah, but remas the only one Ai.
Ain-Amerin Daayiee Abdullah (62) is one of the few publicly gay imams the world. Do Islam approve of homosexualy? Durg my rearch Sdi Arabia, I found posive terpretatn on homosexualy Quran.
FRANCE : IMAM ET GAYARTE REPORTAGE
Is difficult to be a gay imam publicly?
There are 12 gay imams the world and eight are openly gay. It is not difficult for an dividual to be openly a gay imam but pends on the cultural ntext.
In the Wt, there is much more acceptance of gay imams or Mlim gays. Ludovic Mohamed Zahed, Imam et homosexuel, dans la ur son stut, à Marseille. Après s étus à Paris à l’ENS et l’EHESS, il ie en 2010 l’associatn s homosexuels mulmans France, puis ouvre en 2012 la première mosquée clive d’ 2019, il crée à Marseille l’stut Calem, avec pour objet, notamment, la formatn d’imams à un islam clif et progrsiste.