US News: Ain-Amerin Daayiee Abdullah (62) is one of the few publicly gay imams the world.
Contents:
- MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
- GAY IMAM ADMS ISLAM IS DANGERO... SO HE'S OPENG HIS OWN MOSQUE?
- A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
- THERE ARE 8 OPENLY GAY IMAMS THE WORLD: DAAYIEE ABDULLAH
MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
Mlims lov gays. When to tossg people off rooftops, gays are their first choice. Other favore Islamic LGBT activi clu: public executns, btal beatgs, and anti-gay ath you n image, thgs weren't exactly rabows and glter for Atralia's first openl... * gay durood 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.
GAY IMAM ADMS ISLAM IS DANGERO... SO HE'S OPENG HIS OWN MOSQUE?
Muhs Hendricks, the ‘world’s first gay imam’ wants to help LGBTQ+ Mlims South Ai rencile their sexualy wh their fah * gay durood imam *
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.
Hse Rashid, an adjunct profsor of relign at Hofstra Universy and ntributor to a report on homosexualy U.
A GAY IMAM'S STORY: 'THE DIALOGUE IS OPEN ISLAM – 10 YEARS AGO WASN'T'
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. * gay durood imam *
“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.
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.
THERE ARE 8 OPENLY GAY IMAMS THE WORLD: DAAYIEE ABDULLAH
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. Mlims lov gays.