**Some SOURCES and some LINKS :: As we say in our coffee clutch in the Employee Break Room at MooPig Enterprises: "You want to live and breed in the USA? You learn fast that you must agree to being Segmented, brothers and sisters."
Thousands show solidarity with New York’s Muslim community
[SOURCE]
By John Catalinotto
New York
Published Sep 11, 2010 11:56 PM
Excerpt " ... Answering the call of the Emergency Mobilization Against Racism and Anti-Muslim Bigotry, people from Boston, Washington and in between joined thousands of New Yorkers in a display of the strength of the anti-racist movement that embraced young and old, people of all the colors of the city and region, gay and straight. The demonstrators exuded a spirit of unity and cooperation by chanting, marching and then chipping in their labor to clean up at the end of the day’s action. ... "
Muslim Gays Seek Lesbians For Wives
Social Pressures Push Some Into Sexless Marriage
By Ayesha Akram
Religion News Service
Saturday, June 24, 2006
[SOURCE]
Excerpt -- " ... Across the globe and especially in America, hundreds of other gay Muslims have started to pursue marriages of convenience--or MOC, as they are known-- in which gay Muslims seek out lesbian Muslims, and vice versa, for appearances' sake. ... "
Choosing Hell? June 26, 2010
Posted by Rasheed Eldin in Media, Queer Muslims.
[SOURCE]
" ... I have accepted the consequences of a gay lifestyle in the Muslim context. I don’t mean this in a self-loathing, self-deprecating way, but I have to accept that, in the context of Islam, I am going to spend time in hell. But there’s this sense of knowing and accepting these consequences that has both empowered me and allowed me to begin to map out my “gay” future. ... "
To Be Gay and Muslim
While many gay Muslims remain closeted, fearful of shaming their family, their mosque and their peers, some are finding inspiring -- and unconventional -- ways to cope.
April 9, 2002 | [SOURCE]
Excerpt " ... For Salman Husainy, an autumn drive four years ago was the moment of truth. Sitting in the passenger seat of his sister Shaheen's car, he blurted out what he'd long known but kept hidden. ... "
"I'm gay," Husainy said. ... "______________________
You Get the Idea ... right? It's complicated. Gay is not just for the Priests as a burden to bear. Imam may be a forthwith name for the clergy of the Gay Muslim sides.
It's all good, better, best! Don't forget to wear your rubberized raincoats from Sears and Roebuck, Buckaroos. What's your Demographic?
__________________ UPDATE
Director receives death threats over Channel 4 documentary about gay Muslims
By Jessica Geen • March 3, 2009 - 11:47
An Imam from Europe’s largest mosque, the Baitul Futuh in Surrey, condemned the film last night.
"These people should not be confessing their sins to the television cameras," he told the Daily Star.
"They should be doing it in private to God and seeking forgiveness."
Channel 4 has defended the programme. (Source)
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