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Contents:

• THE SECRET MOSQU OPENG THEIR DOORS TO GAY MLIMS
• AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
• MLIM KANADA AKAN BANGUN MASJID UNT GAY DAN TRANSGENR
• MEET THE IMAM OF AI’S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE
• GAY-IENDLY 'MOSQUE' OPENS PARIS
• “MASJID” KM GAY RENNA AKAN DI BA DI KANADA
• GAY MOSQUE PLANNED CANADA

THE SECRET MOSQU OPENG THEIR DOORS TO GAY MLIMS

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. More Imams are g out as gay and preachg that homosexualy isn't nmned Islam.

AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY

Homosexualy is nsired a crime many Mlim untri, but there's a growg movement to embrace sexual diversy.

MLIM KANADA AKAN BANGUN MASJID UNT GAY DAN TRANSGENR

"The wir Mlim muny is not aware that I am gay and I keep away om them, " he said.

His father, who ially rejected him, said he would accept his son only if he kept his sexualy said he knows "que a few" gay Mlims Brisbane but says they have rejected their fah sce g also knows many more who intify as both gay and Mlim who are lookg for a mosque that will clu, not shun recently joed the newly lnched Brisbane branch of Mlims for Progrsive Valu (MPV), which started New York 2007 wh the aim to, "get anised promotg a progrsive and clive terpretatn of Islam agast the backdrop of extremism as played out by Al Qaeda, and nservatism as played out by the fluence of Wahhabism the US" mpaigns for diversy, genr equaly (cludg non-segregated mosqu) and LGBTQI cln, and now has thoands of members around the world, but only late last year did ga tractn Atralia, openg sub-branch Melbourne, Sydney and lol MPV ph is beg led by Profsor Saher Amer om the Universy of Sydney and Reem Sweid om Deak Universy, who claim Atralia is home, "to some of the most nservative Mlims the wtern world". "They wanted me to stop talkg about gay Mlims.

Imam Nur (centre) received ath threats after speakg about gay Mlims on LGBT rad statn Joy FM.

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

My llg this lifetime is to help young, gay Mlims who have been trmatised by the Mlim lears Atralia.

GAY-IENDLY 'MOSQUE' OPENS PARIS

"In the Mlim tradn, the nsequence of g out to fay n be very severe and at tim, a risk to one's life, " Imam Nur told Joy FM News ntacted seven sheikhs, but no-one was willg to ment on the prevalence of homosexualy the Mlim muny, or share their thoughts on MPV and Marhaba.

“MASJID” KM GAY RENNA AKAN DI BA DI KANADA

The Islamic Council of Victoria also cled to gay Imams allowed to preach?

GAY MOSQUE PLANNED CANADA

But how n Imam Nur be both an Islamic relig lear and gay? After all, homosexualy is nsired a crime many Mlim 's even punishable by ath Sdi Arabia, Egypt, Iran and Uned Arab Emirat; nontg footage emerged last December of Islamic State members phg men nvicted of "homosexualy" off buildgs Palmyra, Syria.

Ameri's first openly gay Imam, Daayiee Abdullah says there is nothg the Koran that nmns homosexualy. (Supplied)While the word "homosexual" don't exist the Koran, there's a wily held belief that, Islamic termology, homosexualy is associated wh al-fahsha' (an obscene act), shudhudh (abnormaly), or 'amal qawm Lut (behavur of the People of Lut) is, however, a different view emergg — of which Ameri's first openly gay Imam, Daayiee Abdullah, is a Daayiee has met and traed wh several LGBT Imams om around the globe. "I've met 12 gay Imams, eight of them are out, " he said.