Thousands gathered to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, hope for his recovery and ...

The killing of Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure in the gay Muslim community, has shocked many. He was a pioneering figure who ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for gay Muslims.

Muhsin Hendricks – considered to be the world’s first openly gay imam – has been shot dead during an ambush on his car in South Africa. The Islamic scholar and LGBTQ+ activist who ran a ...

Two years later he started hosting meetings in his home city for LGBTQ+ Muslims, who treated him like their community imam. Listen to Story The shooting occurred when a vehicle ... The mosque provides ...

Sadiq Lawal, a gay Muslim man living in Nigeria, told the BBC that Hendricks, had made such an impact as he had made "the impossible possible" by saying the words: "I'm a queer imam." "He's a ...

an acclaimed Islamic cleric. In response, the Emir directed Imams across the state to use their Friday sermons to preach against ritual killings and other inhuman acts, emphasising the need to ...

As part of his work, Father Alexis has held conversations with an Islamic imam in an attempt to promote inter-faith dialogue and to show that differences do not have to be resolved with violence.

The Aga Khan, imam of the Ismaili Muslims and head of a ... religious fundamentalism or Sunni-Shiite tensions. Islam is not a faith "of conflict or social disorder, it's a religion of peace ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

Born Prince Karim al-Husayn Shah in Geneva on December 13, 1936, the Aga Khan succeeded his grandfather at the age of 21 as the 49th imam of the ... of poverty. The Muslim leader, who endeavored ...