Nur Warsame

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Nur Warsame is a gay imam from Australia. He is a hafiz, i.e. one who has memorised the Quran; he is the second Victorian imam to earn this title.[1]

Born in

high school student, and has been an imam since 2003.[1]

Previously married to a woman and with one daughter,

came out as Australia's first gay imam in 2010,[3] and is the only gay imam in the country as of 2018.[4]

Since 2014, he has run the underground LGBT support group Marhaba ('welcome' in

Arabic)[1][5] and says he was ostracised by the Muslim community because of his sexual orientation, and intended to open Australia's first mosque which was open to the LGBT community.[3][6] That year, he spoke at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.[7]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Lattouf, Antoinette (28 April 2016). "The secret mosques opening their doors to gay Muslims". ABC News.
  2. ^ a b Abboud, Patrick (14 July 2016). "Meet Australia's first openly gay Imam". SBS News.
  3. ^ a b Polianskaya, Alina (10 January 2018). "A gay Imam hopes to open one of the first LGBT+ friendly mosques". The Independent.
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  6. ^ Lattouf, Antoinette (9 January 2018). "Gay Imam hopes to open Australia's first LGBTI-friendly mosque". ABC News.
  7. ^ Aslan, Alice (1 March 2018). "Muslim activists promote acceptance of queer Muslims". Green Left. No. 1171.
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