The world's first openly gay imam in the Muslim faith was shot and killed in what local authorities say may be a hate crime.

A man hailed as the world’s first imam to say he was gay was shot dead in South Africa on Saturday, local police said, in ...

Imam Muhsin Hendricks, 58, was fatally shot around 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape.

Most headlines call him the “world’s first openly gay imam,” a newsworthy descriptor but hardly the whole story. Beyond ...

Police investigations continue, days after the shooting death of imam Muhsin Hendricks, dubbed as the world's first openly ...

LGBTQ+ advocates are fearful the killing was a hate crime as Hendricks came out as the world’s first openly gay imam in 1996.

Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world's first openly gay imam who was gunned down last weekend in South Africa, stood as a ...

Gunned down on Saturday morning, the man dubbed the world’s first openly gay Imam was as loved as he was controversial. A friend and scholar reflects.

Muhsin Hendricks, renowned as the first openly gay Imam, was tragically killed in South Africa. Police report unclear motives ...

A man regarded as the first openly gay Muslim imam has been fatally shot while sitting in a car in South Africa in what many are calling an assassination because of his teachings ...

Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa. The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for ...

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