antonyh
12-05-2007, 08:31 AM
This is an amazing story of courage.
JOHANNESBURG, December 3, 2007 (PlusNews) – Suhail AbualSameed looked calm, yet he was shaking inside. He was seated before a row of ulama, distinguished Islamic scholars, from Afghanistan to Yemen at the International Consultation on Islam and HIV/AIDS, organised by the charity, Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), in Johannesburg, South Africa, last week.
The previous day, several of them had denounced homosexuality as un-Islamic and evil.
Today, AbualSameed had something to tell them.
“As a gay Muslim, I feel unsafe, unloved and unrespected in this space,” he said.
“Were I to become HIV-positive, the first thing I would lose is my Muslim community. I couldn’t come to you guys for support.”
You could cut the tension the room with a knife.
http://ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/07/Dec/0302.htm
JOHANNESBURG, December 3, 2007 (PlusNews) – Suhail AbualSameed looked calm, yet he was shaking inside. He was seated before a row of ulama, distinguished Islamic scholars, from Afghanistan to Yemen at the International Consultation on Islam and HIV/AIDS, organised by the charity, Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), in Johannesburg, South Africa, last week.
The previous day, several of them had denounced homosexuality as un-Islamic and evil.
Today, AbualSameed had something to tell them.
“As a gay Muslim, I feel unsafe, unloved and unrespected in this space,” he said.
“Were I to become HIV-positive, the first thing I would lose is my Muslim community. I couldn’t come to you guys for support.”
You could cut the tension the room with a knife.
http://ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/07/Dec/0302.htm