Gay Syrians tell of fear of ISIS persecutn | CNN

Contents:

• COMFORTER|| MEET A GAY WHO NEVER MISS FUNERAL IN HIS AREA
• AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
• AMID BRAZEN, ADLY ATTACKS, GAY SYRIANS TELL OF FEAR OF ISIS PERSECUTN

COMFORTER|| MEET A GAY WHO NEVER MISS FUNERAL IN HIS AREA

E: I lerally knew nobody else that, you know, intified as such - plenty of Christians, even some Jewish dividuals, but not Other relig muni are havg the same ternal stggl about cln and homophobia.

AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY

A survey by Pew Rearch Center asked people whether, quote, "homosexualy should be accepted by society.

AMID BRAZEN, ADLY ATTACKS, GAY SYRIANS TELL OF FEAR OF ISIS PERSECUTN

Imam El-Faro Khaki -found Toronto's first LGBTQ-iendly mosque, Uny Mosque, 10 years ago to allow lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer Mlims to attend prayers whout havg to hi their sexual orientatn or genr inty for fear of discrimatn.

INTERPRETATIONGay Mlim scholar Stt Siraj al-Haqq Kugle has spent two s rearchg LGBTQ issu the Islamic fah and said many people are surprised to disver that Islam is not herently nmng of LGBTQ people.

“In the Quran, there is no word that explicly scrib homosexual or transgenr persons; the Arabic terms were vented after the Quran’s revelatn, by medieval jurists and ntemporary journalists, doctors and social crics. FINDING ‘A MIDDLE GROUND’Tugay Sarac was 13 when his father died eight years ago.