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 ...

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.

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

Muhsin Hendricks was credited by some as being the world’s first openly gay imam and helped Muslims reconcile their faith ...

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

Muhsin Hendricks, an openly gay imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT rights activist was shot and killed in Gqeberha, South Africa ...

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.

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.

Imam Muhsin Hendricks, 58, was fatally shot around 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape.

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 ...