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Assailants Shoot World's First Gay Imam Muhsin Hendricks in South Africa | Firstpost Africa | N18G
Assailants Shoot World's First Gay Imam Muhsin Hendricks in South Africa | Firstpost Africa | N18G The world's first openly gay Imam Muhsin Hendricks has been killed in an ambush in South Africa's Gqebrha city.
Muhsin Hendricks, ‘first openly gay imam,’ helped queer Muslims find their way
Most headlines call him the “world’s first openly gay imam,” a newsworthy descriptor but hardly the whole story. Beyond Muhsin’s work with queer Muslims, he was a pillar of queer rights activism and the queer interfaith movement globally. He was a father, a grandfather and a friend.
Man hailed as world’s first imam to say he was gay is shot dead in South Africa
A man hailed as the world’s first imam to say he was gay was shot dead in South Africa on Saturday, local police said, in what rights groups fear could be a hate crime.
Murder of gay South African imam Muhsin Hendricks reignites queer Muslim debate
Gunned down on Saturday morning, the man dubbed the world’s first openly gay Imam was as loved as he was controversial. A friend and scholar reflects.
World’s ‘first openly gay imam’, Muhsin Hendricks, shot dead in South Africa’s Gqeberha
According to the report, Muhsin Hendricks was in a car with another person when a vehicle stopped in front of them and blocked their exit.
South Africa: Imam Muhsin Hendricks, Who Fought for Queer Rights, Assassinated
Muhsin Hendricks, an imam who was outspoken in his support of queer people in the South Africa's Muslim community, was murdered on Saturday in Gqeberha. It is reported that he was the world's first openly gay imam.
World’s ‘first openly gay imam’, Muhsin Hendricks shot dead in South Africa
Muhsin Hendricks, popularly recognised as the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot and killed in South Africa.
CCTV footage shows ‘first openly gay’ imam shot dead
CCTV video, verified by CNN, shows the moment the world’s “first openly gay” imam was shot dead in Bethelsdorp, South Africa. Muhsin Hendricks, 58, had established a mosque for LGBTQ+ Muslims in Cape Town,
Queer Muslims stand in solidarity after the murder of the first gay imam
Mushin Hendricks, who is believed to be the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot dead over the weekend in what appears to be a targeted killing. Although police have not identified a motive, LGBTQ+ advocacy groups and queer muslims around the world are raising the alarm on the prejudice left unchecked by religious leaders.
Assassination of openly gay imam in South Africa spurs hate crime concerns
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged South African authorities to thoroughly investigate the assassination of an openly gay imam last week, demanding the country determine whether the killing
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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 RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty The first openly gay Imam was ambushed and killed on his ...
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World’s first out gay imam horrifically shot to death in possible “professional hit”
Muhsin Hendricks, well known as the first openly gay Muslim imam, was fatally shot in South Africa last Saturday in what ...
The silence following the murder of Imam Muhsin Hendricks reflects the erasure of queer Muslim history
The response to the murder of Imam Muhsin in South Africa last week sends a chilling message that queer and trans Muslims do ...
The tragic killing of Imam Muhsin Hendricks: a call for justice and understanding
The assassination of Hendricks, South Africa’s first openly gay Imam, has ignited a fierce debate within the Muslim community ...