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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.

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ARTE REPORTAGEA GAY IMAM

Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed is an exceptn the Mlim world: The French-Algerian imam is openly gay. For the past ten year he has led a progrsive and clive movement promotg an Islam that rpects the LGBT+ muny, women’s right, and terfah dialogue. * arte imam gay *

Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed is an exceptn the Mlim world: The French-Algerian imam is openly gay. Ludovic-Mohamed-Zahed détonne dans le mon mulman : ce an-algérien t imam, bardé diplôm, ouvertement gay. Ain-Amerin Daayiee Abdullah (62) is one of the few publicly gay imams the world.

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. * arte imam gay *

Do Islam approve of homosexualy? Durg my rearch Sdi Arabia, I found posive terpretatn on homosexualy Quran.

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. But Imam Daayiee Abdullah – believed to be the only openly gay imam the Ameris – is proud of his story.

MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM

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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. "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.

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Muhs Hendricks, the ‘world’s first gay imam’ wants to help LGBTQ+ Mlims South Ai rencile their sexualy wh their fah * arte imam gay *

Performg funeral r for a gay Mlim who died of AIDS.

But not all of them are gay. 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.

A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'

A documentary film about Capetonian Muhs Hendricks, who beme the world’s first openly gay imam, is premierg at the Enunters Ftival. * arte imam gay *

Hse Rashid, an adjunct profsor of relign at Hofstra Universy and ntributor to a report on homosexualy U.

“But the tradn was and remas that homosexualy is a s Mlim tradn.

THE RADIL: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WORLD’S FIRST GAY IMAM

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.

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