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June 17, 2016 7:21 PM
Gay Muslims see Orlando shooting as opportunity to confront their leaders
Homosexuality is not widely discussed among Muslims
Major Muslim organizations have never had the conversation before
Pulse nightclub shooting provides an opening to discuss place of LGBT Muslims
Omar Mateen’s attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando has touched off a discussion of homosexuality and Islam. Uncredited AP
By Javaria Khan
jkhan@mcclatchydc.com
WASHINGTON
Ani Zonneveld, the founder and president of Muslims for Progressive Values, was in Geneva when she heard Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, on CNN talking about “standing shoulder to shoulder” with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community after the recent shootings in Orlando. The assertion, she said, made her angry.
“I want to challenge mosques and imams to give an anti-homophobia sermon this Friday,” she said in an interview. “I want to challenge them to do away with homophobic teachings in Sunday schools and I want to challenge the community to talk about LGBT rights from within the sacred texts.”
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