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Julia Ehrt, executive director at the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association Ilgacalled on the authorities to thoroughly investigate "what we fear may be a hate crime". The angle of CCTV footage reveals what happened from one side of the road - an assailant jumps out of a car, runs to the ambushed vehicle and shoots repeatedly imamg the back passenger window.

Hendricks' work challenged traditional interpretations of Islam and championed a compassionate, inclusive faith. World's 'first openly gay imam' shot dead in South Africa. Hendricks came out as gay inwhich shocked the wider Muslim community in Cape Town and elsewhere.

But Abdulmugheeth Petersen, chair of the foundation's board, appealed via a WhatsApp group for their followers to be patient, stressing the importance of protecting Hendricks' family. But despite a thriving LGBT community, gay people still face discrimination and violence.

Reverend Jide Macaulay, an openly gay Anglican minister, described Hendricks' death as "truly heartbreaking". The country also has one gay the highest murder rates in the world. Most importantly, Muhsin’s work saved lives. Skip to content. Hendricks' Al-Ghurbaah Foundation, which runs the Masjidul Ghurbaah mosque in the Wynberg suburb of Cape Town, confirmed he had died in a targeted attack on Saturday morning.

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. Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa.

The details of the attack emerged through security footage that was shared imamg social media. The year-old was attending a wedding in Bethelsdorp, Gqeberha, when gunmen opened fire on. He was killed on Saturday morning after the car in which he was travelling near the southern city of Gqeberha was ambushed.

He told the Ilga World Conference in Cape Town last year: "It is important that we stop to look at religion as the enemy. Daayiee Abdullah (Arabic: داعية عبد الله, born Sidney Thompson) [1][2] was an American Imam based in Washington, D.C. [1][3][4] Abdullah was, after the death of Muhsin Hendricks until his own death in Gayone of five living openly gay Imams in the world (the others being Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed of France, Mullah Taha of Iran, El-Farouk Khaki of Toronto's el-Tawhid Juma.

That same year, he founded The Inner Circle, an organisation providing support and a safe space for queer Muslims seeking to reconcile their faith and sexuality before going on to establish the inclusive Masjidul Ghurbaah mosque.

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It shows a car pulling up and blocking the vehicle in which Hendricks was travelling as it was pulling away from the curb. According to police, the imam was in the back seat. Hendricks was killed after he had reportedly officiated at a lesbian wedding, though this has not been officially confirmed.

Go to BBCAfrica. The British-Nigerian LGBTQ rights activist runs House of Rainbow, an organisation that provides support for gay people in Imamg where same-sex relationships or public displays of affection are illegal, and paid tribute to Hendricks' bravery.

Muhsin Hendricks, the world's first openly gay imam, was shot dead in a targeted attack on Saturday. The year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the gay to protect people from discrimination because of their sexual orientation and inbecame the first country in Africa to legalise same-sex marriage.

He was the subject of a documentary in called The Radical, in which he said about the threats he faced: "The need to be authentic was greater than the fear to die. Most headlines call him the “world’s first openly gay imam,” a newsworthy descriptor but hardly the whole story.

A man regarded as the first openly gay Muslim imam has been fatally shot while sitting in a car in South Africa in what many are calling an assassination because of his teachings. The year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims.

Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa.