A Mlim prayer room scribed as Europe's first gay-iendly "mosque" opens Paris.
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
More Imams are g out as gay and preachg that sexual fluidy isn't nmned Islam. * masjid kannada gay *
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
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Homosexualy is nsired a crime many Mlim untri, but there's a growg movement to embrace sexual diversy.
"The wir Mlim muny is not aware that I am gay and I keep away om them, " he said.
MLIM KANADA AKAN BANGUN MASJID UNT GAY DAN TRANSGENR
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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.
My llg this lifetime is to help young, gay Mlims who have been trmatised by the Mlim lears Atralia. "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.
The Islamic Council of Victoria also cled to gay Imams allowed to preach?
MEET THE IMAM OF AI’S FIRST GAY-IENDLY MOSQUE
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.
GAY-IENDLY 'MOSQUE' OPENS PARIS
"I've met 12 gay Imams, eight of them are out, " he said.
“MASJID” KM GAY RENNA AKAN DI BA DI KANADA
Homosexualy the Koran"There's nothg the Koran that nmns homosexualy, " said Imam Daayie.
"Islam is very clear about homosexual activy, " AFIC's newly elected Treasurer, Keysar Trad, told ABC News.
Homosexualy is 'an aberratn and a major s and has always been forbidn', says Atralian Feratn of Islamic Councils treasurer, Keysar Trad.
GAY MOSQUE PLANNED CANADA
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. “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.