Meet Ameri’s First Openly Gay Imam | Al Jazeera Ameri

Contents:

• MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
• MEET THE IMAM OF AI’S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE
• GAY IMAM HOP TO OPEN ATRALIA'S FIRST LGBTI-IENDLY MOSQUE
• AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
• MEET THE GAY IMAM WHO STARTED SOUTH AI'S FIRST LGBTIQ IENDLY MOSQUE
• GAY IMAM ADMS ISLAM IS DANGERO... SO HE'S OPENG HIS OWN MOSQUE?
• GAY-IENDLY 'MOSQUE' OPENS PARIS
• IMAM GAY ATRALIA KLAIM BANYAK DIMTAI BANTUAN OLEH LGBT MLIM INDONIA
• THE RADIL: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WORLD’S FIRST GAY IMAM

MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM

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. 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.

MEET THE IMAM OF AI’S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE

“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.

“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.

GAY IMAM HOP TO OPEN ATRALIA'S FIRST LGBTI-IENDLY MOSQUE

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.

AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY

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. Related topics:Share:Global AgendaThe Agenda WeeklyA weekly update of the most important issu drivg the global agendaMichelle HamerJune 20, 2023Katie Connolly September 5, 2022Gaylor Montmasson-ClairJune 21, 2022Lren van r ReFebary 3, 2022Florian ZandtJanuary 25, 2022Ldiwe MatlaliSeptember 21, 2021.

MEET THE GAY IMAM WHO STARTED SOUTH AI'S FIRST LGBTIQ IENDLY MOSQUE

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.

"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.

GAY IMAM ADMS ISLAM IS DANGERO... SO HE'S OPENG HIS OWN MOSQUE?

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

GAY-IENDLY 'MOSQUE' OPENS PARIS

FINDING ‘A MIDDLE GROUND’Tugay Sarac was 13 when his father died eight years ago.

IMAM GAY ATRALIA KLAIM BANYAK DIMTAI BANTUAN OLEH LGBT MLIM INDONIA

“I thought I n't be Mlim and gay at the same time, ” he said. “This went on for a few years until I went to the Ibn Rhd-Goethe Mosque, where I realized that is actually possible to be Mlim and gay. ”Tugay Sarac is the LGBTQ ordator of Ibn Rhd-Goethe Mosque, the only self-scribed liberal mosque Germany.

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

Courty of Tugay SaracIbn Rhd-Goethe Mosque is the only self-scribed liberal mosque Germany. “I know that many gay Mlims turn to radil ias bee they want to cure themselv om homosexualy, ” Sarac explaed.