An imam at the Grand Mosque of Massy, just outside Paris, has threatened to issue a fatwa against former Prime Minister ...

Openly gay imam who was shot dead in South Africa embodied complex Muslim identity His killing has once again raised difficult questions facing Muslims all over the world on sexuality and masculinity.

Muhsin Hendricks, the world’s very first openly gay imam, was shot dead in South Africa. He ran a mosque, just like the one Zahed runs, which is a safe haven for other LGBT muslims.

On February 15, Muhsin Hendricks, an openly gay imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT rights activist was shot and killed in Gqeberha, South Africa as he was leaving to officiate an interfaith marriage.

First Openly Gay Imam Ambushed and Murdered on His Way to Officiate Wedding Imam Muhsin Hendricks, 58, was fatally shot around 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape By ...

LGBTQ+ advocates are fearful the killing was a hate act as Hendricks came out as the world’s first openly gay imam in 1996. His advocacy work resulted in the opening of the Al-Ghurbaah ...

World’s first openly gay imam murdered Terrifying CCTV footage shows the moment a gunman opens fire on a car, killing the world’s first openly gay imam in an allegedly targeted attack.

Cape Town: A man regarded as the first openly gay Muslim imam has been fatally shot while sitting in a car in South Africa in what many are calling an assassination because of his teachings.

The killing has raised fears of a politically motivated assassination. Hendricks, widely regarded as the first openly gay Muslim imam, was ambushed on Saturday in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth).

Muhsin Hendricks, dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, was murdered in Cape Town on Saturday, South African police said. The 57-year-old imam ran the Masjidul Ghurbaah mosque, intended as a ...