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Dayaiee Abdullah, D.C. Imam, Provides Counseling, Weddings And Prayer Space For Gay Muslims
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/21/imam-dayaiee-abdullah-gay-mosque_n_3474571.html?utm_hp_ref=religionPosted: 06/21/2013 8:22 am EDT
By Krista Kapralos
Religion News Service
(RNS) Imam Dayaiee Abdullah never knows how many people are going to show up for Friday prayers.
Some weeks, nearly a dozen men and women gather at a Quaker hall in northwest Washington, D.C., where they kneel on prayer rugs laid out to transform the room into a Muslim place of worship.
Other weeks, Abdullah, a convert to Islam, sits alone.
He may be the only openly gay imam in the world, and he formed Light of Reform mosque more than two years ago so people like himself could worship without fear.
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And good for every Muslim who attends services within that mosque.
Thanks, friend, for this post. It's always nice to see good in the world, from any source.
Happy to R&K.
We don't hear enough about them sometimes.
