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Mosque for gays to open in France
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/mosque-for-gays-to-open-in-france.aspx?pageID=238&nID=34981&NewsCatID=393ISTANBUL - Hürriyet
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Daily Hürriyet reporter Arzu Çakır Morin has conducted an interview with an unusual Muslim man in France, who has been trying to open a "mosque for gays."
"When I was 12 years old, I started exploring Islam and performing prayers. At first, I was impressed by the Salafists in Algeria, afterwards I became distant from them because of the terrorist attacks they performed," Mohammed Ludovic Lütfi Zahed said, explaining his approaching to Islam.
"After my first night with a man, I realized that I was gay. I have found out that I had been pushing down my feelings with the help of Islam," he said.
Çakır questioned the reason why Zahed felt he needed a "mosque for gays."
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