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France to Open World's First Gay Mosque

France to Open World's First Gay Mosque

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Muhammad Ludovic Lutfi Zahed wants men and women to feel safe when they pray.

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According to the Jerusalem Post, a gay French-Algerian man, Muhammad Ludovic Lutfi Zahed, is planning to open the first gay mosque in France at the end of this month. A Turkish newspaper, Hurriyet, repoted that the mosque will not have the gender exclusions that other mosques do.

"In normal mosques, women have to sit in the back seats and wear a headscarf and gay men are afraid of both verbal and physical aggression," Zahed told reporters. "After performing the Hajj, I realized that a mosque for gays was a must for gay Muslims who want to perform their prayers." The new mosque, says Zahed, will not segregate women and women even during prayers.

Zahed's marriage to Qiyam al-Din earlier this year was reportedly approved by an imam and made national headlines after they married (legally) in South Africa but France refused to acknowledge it.

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Diane Anderson-Minshall is the CEO of Pride Media, and editorial director of The Advocate, Out, and Plus magazine. She's the winner of numerous awards from GLAAD, the NLGJA, WPA, and was named to Folio's Top Women in Media list. She and her co-pilot of 30 years, transgender journalist Jacob Anderson-Minshall penned several books including Queerly Beloved: A Love Across Genders.