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**organised by a gay Muslim
and an expert on the Koran.
**it is called a place of
shelter as well as a place of
worship.
**it will accept everyone as
equally God's creation,
straight men will pray
together with gay men and
women.
Ludovic Mohammed Zahed is
braced for controversy,
maybe even worse. A gay
Muslim and an expert on the
Koran, Zahed plans to open
Europe's first gay-friendly
mosque in Paris at the end
of this month. He calls it a
place of shelter as well as a
place of worship.
"We need to have a safe
space for people who do not
feel comfortable and at ease
in normal mosques," Zahed
told ABC News. "There are
transgender people who
fear aggression, women
who do not want to wear
head scarf or sit in the back
of the mosque. This project
gives hope back to many
believers in my community."
"Common prayer, practised
in an egalitarian setting and
without any form of gender-
based discrimination,
is one of the pillars
supporting the proposed
reforms of our progressive
representation of Islam," he
said.
"The Unity" mosque will
initially operate in a Buddhist
temple in a neighborhood in
eastern Paris, and will
emphasize "accepting
everyone as equally God's
creation....I hope straight
men will pray together with
gay men and women,
everyone," said Zahed who
declines to make public the
address of the venue, due to
security concerns.
Zahed's mosque will honor
some Islamic traditions, like
Friday prayers (Jumu'ah),
and the Muslim marriage
contract (Nikah) to bless
same-sex marriage. It will
also perform funeral rites
(Janazah) for those who
have been denied a
traditional Islamic funeral
based on Sharia law because
of their sexual orientation.
"It is a safe place to
worship," said Zahed, where
no religious questions will
go unaddressed. "Our imams
will talk on any taboo topic."
Zahed will be one of three
prayer leaders, along with a
female French convert to
Islam and another man who
is being trained.
"Current Islamic ethics may
condemn this sexual
orientation," Zahed said, "but
in fact nothing in Islam or
the Koran forbids
homosexuality.
Indeed, for centuries,
Muslims did not consider
homosexuality to be the
supreme abomination that
they do today." - ABC News.o

TOO MUCH WATCHING OF Yoruba DRAMAS.

[quote author=mc~evans]Yesterday
20 ladies were killed by unknown gunmen in Maiduguri between 1am- 2am
and now they killed 5 police at same time. Which one are we going to
believe?[/quote]*I must comment* read the post well na police dem kill?

not for all girls, some girls dat lyk u we b shy anytime u are around.

NLanders must alway be antagonistic wit wateva happens no time una go wish d thing to work out well.

14th to comment ya am coming up, am gonna wait for the igbos to start bashing * continue wit my pop corn*

samsung too fast, wetin dey pain pass na to still see some 9ja ppl dey use 3310*my heart bleed*

teju baby face still d best, Tee A is just copy copy

why is tonto dikeh(her songs shake 9ja), abu kaka, aluu4, yakubu, abdul mutallab, elrufai, ibori, akpors not in d least, these are powerful celebrities

U guys are all foolish both Yoruba and ibo for even starting this kind of arguement I think both tribes should leave 9ja alone and go somewhere else and fight to death and let the minorities see peace, was lagos not a capital city for a very long time, resources where drawn frm the four cardinal points of 9ja to develop it majorly oil frm the south, why are u guys now fighting ova it, let the saying dat lagos is no mans land come to play. Fools arguing ova where ppl dey make thier money, I see this as a sign of joblessness.

Hey nairalanders i dont know how i feel since i broke up wit my ex. She went for another guy and anytime I see them i always feel some thing for her but dont know wether am still in love wit her or just been jealous pls nairaland i need ur help.

Naira land will neva stop reffering to I have no shoes quote or cassava bread stuff.

I hv been following topics on this forum were people always blast the president for every thing dat happens.
Dont get me wrong Jonathan's government is not the best as expected by nigerians but jonathan's govt has made nigerians exposed to ways the govt is runned. We should start enumerating things Jonathan has done for nigeria
1. Jonathan has made govt exposed
2. Which Nigerian leader has pressured his cabinet members to deliver lyk jonathan
3. A humble president whose humility has been taken for stupidity.
4. A president who listens to the people as seen in the 5000 naira saga.

so guys when is the resumption date

bag of garri, bottle of groundnut and carton of sugar.

yesterday it was ronaldinho,today is another one. Huch u guys should quit rumours.

Legit1: How does this stop our government officials from being corrupt?

no more 'hw does it reduce d price of garri' lol

this thread is getting booooring.

I hv been following posts on nairaland and i hv been thinking wether nigerians really want nigeria to divide. Pls i need ur opinion.

izenco2005: "Breaking news: a fight broke out at the london2012 Olympic games As a Brazilian girl found her missing hair on a Nigerian girl CTFU #hairWeaves #NigerianJokes #BlackWomenProblems"

move dis to joke session

u called it friendlies which is diffrent frm the league

I had no shoes science
petro scoopingnology
first ladies science

'I MUST GO AMERICA' see what it has caused u. U can make it in 9ja, but fo those white pigs called americans, u are wicked

this ur name dey friegthen me o

I am frm Edo state and i am a young man

Osama10: This is stupidity.

9jaria dont need ppl lyk u but we need ppl lyk him who are ready to die for the truth.