A man hailed as the world’s first imam to say he was gay was shot dead in South Africa on Saturday, local police said, in ...

Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world's first openly gay imam who was gunned down last weekend in South Africa, stood as a ...

The world's first openly gay imam in the Muslim faith was shot and killed in what local authorities say may be a hate crime.

Most headlines call him the “world’s first openly gay imam,” a newsworthy descriptor but hardly the whole story. Beyond ...

LGBTQ+ advocates are fearful the killing was a hate crime as Hendricks came out as the world’s first openly gay imam in 1996.

Gunned down on Saturday morning, the man dubbed the world’s first openly gay Imam was as loved as he was controversial. A friend and scholar reflects.

Muhsin Hendricks, an imam who was outspoken in his support of queer people in the South Africa's Muslim community, was murdered on Saturday in Gqeberha. It is reported that he was the world's ...

South Africa’s Department of Justice and Constitutional ... that the killing may have been motivated by hatred towards Muhsin Hendricks due to his views on same-sex relationships.

Meanwhile, South Africa in 2006 became the first country in Africa to legalize same-sex marriage. "The ILGA World family is in deep shock at the news of the murder of Muhsin Hendricks, and calls ...

Muhsin Hendricks, known as the world's first openly gay imam, was shot and killed in South Africa over the weekend, as authorities investigate whether the murder was a hate crime. In a statement ...