Difference between revisions of "Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed"
From QueerBio.com
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Gay Muslim Imam who founded a gay-friendly mosque and support group 'Homosexual Muslims in France' (HM2F). Considered the first French Muslim to marry a same-sex partner. AIDS activist. | + | Gay Muslim Imam who founded a gay-friendly mosque and support group 'Homosexual Muslims in France' (HM2F). Considered the first French Muslim to marry a same-sex partner. AIDS activist. Published his doctoral thesis on Islam and homosexuality 'Homosexuality, Transidentity, and Islam: A Study of Scripture Confronting the Politics of Gender and Sexuality' (2019). Author of the book 'The Koran and the Flesh' (Le Coran et la chair, 2012). In 2019, he opened the Calem Institute in Marseille, which includes a prayer room and aims to raise awareness of progressive values (such as LGBT rights and feminism) within the Muslim world. HIV positive. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
* [[Muslim, Imam and Islamic LGBTQ Leaders]] | * [[Muslim, Imam and Islamic LGBTQ Leaders]] | ||
* [[Pioneers of the LGBTQ Religious Community]] | * [[Pioneers of the LGBTQ Religious Community]] | ||
| + | * [[Global LGBTQ HIV/AIDS Activists]] | ||
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:56, 11 June 2024
Country
France, Algeria
Birth - Death
1977 -
Occupation
Religion
Description
Gay Muslim Imam who founded a gay-friendly mosque and support group 'Homosexual Muslims in France' (HM2F). Considered the first French Muslim to marry a same-sex partner. AIDS activist. Published his doctoral thesis on Islam and homosexuality 'Homosexuality, Transidentity, and Islam: A Study of Scripture Confronting the Politics of Gender and Sexuality' (2019). Author of the book 'The Koran and the Flesh' (Le Coran et la chair, 2012). In 2019, he opened the Calem Institute in Marseille, which includes a prayer room and aims to raise awareness of progressive values (such as LGBT rights and feminism) within the Muslim world. HIV positive.
See Also
- Muslim, Imam and Islamic LGBTQ Leaders
- Pioneers of the LGBTQ Religious Community
- Global LGBTQ HIV/AIDS Activists
Further Reading/Research
- http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2012/nov/26/paris-gay-friendly-mosque
- http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/gay-muslim-imam-brings-message-of-tolerance-to-europe-a-985863.html
- http://www.france24.com/en/20120402-islam-homosexuality-muslim-gay-marry-france-ludovic-mohamed-zahed
- http://www.gaynewstoday.com/gay-imam-helps-young-muslims-balance-religion-sexuality-the-san-diego-union-tribune/
