Queer Mlim Communy of Canada. Salaam is an anizatn dited to Mlims who are lbian, gay, bisexual, and trans and or tersex, as well as those qutng their sexual orientatn or genr inty/ exprsn, their fai and iends. The Salaam Support Group is directed towards providg support to and fosterg a sense of muny amongst
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- AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
- TORONTO MOSQUE IS GAY IENDLY, MIXED GENR PRAYERS LED BY A WOMAN
- MEET THE IMAM OF AI’S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE
- GAY TORONTO
- HALIFAX'S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE OPENG THIS SUMMER
- LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
- MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
By: Wendy Gillis Toronto Star News reporter, Published on Sun Aug 25 2013 Islamic scholars experience diversy of Mlim practic at U of T summer program Visors om around the world takg part a Universy of Toronto Islamic studi nference vis a gay-iendly, genr-equal mosque. Three dozen men and women s barefoot si a… * gay mosque in toronto *
Today is the Internatnal Day agast Homophobia. In general, is strange that this phenomenon still exists, bee gay people are everywhere, and no matter how different medieval figur try to “cure” or kill them, is impossible. Today, even the state media of aternal Cha allow themselv to openly exprs support for homosexuals.
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TORONTO MOSQUE IS GAY IENDLY, MIXED GENR PRAYERS LED BY A WOMAN
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But the Orthodox and pecially Islamic environment, gay people are still beg stigmatized. But what should a vout Mlim do if he is gay?
But the worst thg (om the pot of view of Islam) is not even that gays n e here. After all, gays also go to ordary mosqu, they simply do not reveal themselv. 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.
MEET THE IMAM OF AI’S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE
Nova Stia’s first gay-iendly mosque is set to open the next few weeks. * gay mosque in toronto *
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.
“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.
GAY TORONTO
A three-storey mosque and Islamic centre, named 'Picdilly Prayer Space,' is set to be tablished wh the Troro, a historic entertament plex London's entertament quarter. However, the cisn to build the mosque has also sparked a bate, wh crics qutng s lotn, also known for s bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots. * gay mosque in toronto *
Courty of Tugay SaracIbn Rhd-Goethe Mosque is the only self-scribed liberal mosque Germany.
HALIFAX'S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE OPENG THIS SUMMER
“I know that many gay Mlims turn to radil ias bee they want to cure themselv om homosexualy, ” Sarac explaed.
“Mosqu like Ibn Rhd-Goethe n give people a place to be gay and Mlim. Acrdg to a 2017 Pew Rearch Center survey of Amerin Mlims, a majory (52 percent) believe society should accept homosexualy, pared wh jt 27 percent 2007.
K., however, Mlims are ls acceptg of homosexualy. A 2016 ICM Unlimed survey found only 18 percent of Brish Mlims agreed that homosexualy should be legal Bra. ‘INCLUSIVE AND RELEVANT’Like Kugle, Imam Daayiee Abdullah, one of the first openly gay imams the U.
LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
S., believ the prevalent view of homosexualy as a s current Islamic teachg is rooted tradn, rather than scripture. “Many tradns are locked to a particular time, place and culture — they're not necsarily appropriate for today or for people who will be worshippg 50 years om now, ” Abdullah Daayiee Abdullah, founr of the Mec Instute, is one of the first openly gay Imams the U.
MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
Growg up, Yara El Safi, a queer Mlim artist who immigrated to Canada om Lebanon 2001, was nstantly exposed to a “weird belief that queer and gay is a Wtern ventn.