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French Muslim plans 'mosque for gays' | |
2012-11-24 | |
He said, "In normal mosques, women have to sit in the back seats and wear a headscarf and gay men are afraid of both verbal and physical aggression. After performing the Hajj, I realized that a mosque for gays was a must for gay Muslims who want to perform their prayers." During Hajj, women and men are not segregated. Both sexes crowd together during all the rituals of Hajj. When they are doing tawaaf (circling around Kaaba), men and women are all together. Zahed, founder of association of Gay Muslims in France (HM2F), said he will use a Buddhist chapel where Friday prayers and gay marriages would be performed. He explained, "We will start with Friday prayers, but we will perform marriages afterwards." Zahed is convinced that the mosque will help to fight against homophobia in Islam and Islamophobia within the gay community in France. | |
Posted by:ryuge |
#3 this sounds fishy story is from a news outlet in Jakarta, Indonesia and picked up by various other places but I can't find anything in any French paper |
Posted by: lord garth 2012-11-24 18:43 |
#2 I for one am quite interested in the mosque of mhommad al-iberace project. In fact, it should dominate the news cycle as the premier example of the religious tolerance and liberal-moderate leanings of the euro-islam hybrid of tolerance. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-11-24 11:19 |
#1 Out of the closet and off the roof. |
Posted by: AlanC 2012-11-24 10:35 |