The land of freedom, America, now boast of an
openly gay Imam. And the Muslim community is
not happy about it. Imam Daayiee Abdulah, the
only openly gay Imam in America & possibly the
world, was born and raised a Baptist Christian
faithful in Detroit but converted to Islam while
studying in China. Upon his conversion, he
noticed the spiritual gap lesbians, gays &
transsexuals in the Islamic faith had and decided
to become an Imam so as to provide an ideal
Islamic support for them, he says.
"Being an openly gay imam and having
been identified as such, I do get a lot of
feedback and also kickback, but that's OK,”
he said. “I think that when people are
unfamiliar with things, they tend to have an
emotional knee-jerk reaction to it.
Sometimes necessity is the mother of
invention. And because of the necessity in
our community, that's why I came into this
particular role."
Abdulah, who says he told his parents he was
gay at age 15, converted to Islam at the age of
33 and went on to study the religion in Egypt,
Jordan and Syria. Asked what was his first
spiritual act as an Imam, Abdulahi says it was
the funeral for a gay Muslim who had died of
AIDS. Continue...
"They had contacted a number of imams,
and no one would go and provide him
his janazah services. This pained me. I
believe every person, no matter if I disagree
with you or not, you have the right as a
Muslim to have the proper spiritual rites and
rituals provided for you. And whoever
judges you, that will be Allah's decision, not
me. The beautiful thing about God is that
when you change your attitude, and say,
'God, I need some help,' and mean it
sincerely, God is always there for you,”
Abdullah serves as the imam and educational
director of the Light of Reform Mosque in
Washington, D.C, a place he calls a a rare safe
space for Muslim LGBT. In his Mosque, which he
founded in 2011, women and men kneel side-by-
side and women are allowed to lead prayers, an
action that has sparked controversy in the
Muslim world.

Source: www.lindaikeji..com/2013/12/meet-americas-first-openly-gay-imam.html?m=1

He just signed his death warrant

merry xmas nlanders.

Make the guy watch him back ooo