Muhsin Hendricks showed the world that 'it's possible to be both queer and a devout Muslim,' his longtime friend and colleague, Rev. Jide Macaulay, told As It Happens guest host Helen Mann.

Imam Muhsin Hendricks is pictured preparing for the start of the Jumu'ah prayer at the Inner Circle Mosque, in Wynberg, on September 2, 2016, in Cape Town. Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images.

Imam Muhsin Hendricks, 58, was fatally shot around 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty The first openly gay Imam was ambushed and killed on his ...

Cape Town-based Imam Muhsin Hendricks founded The Inner Circle almost 30 years ago in his garage as a safe space for queer Muslims. RNS photo by Brian Pellot ...

Muhsin Hendricks, a man known as the world's first openly gay imam, was killed in South Africa over the weekend after being ambushed near the city of Gqeberha. Fox News Media; ...

Muhsin Hendricks, the world's first openly gay imam, was shot and killed on Saturday. File Photo Sanjeev Gupta/EPA. Feb. 17 (UPI) --The world's first openly gay imam in the Muslim faith was shot ...

Imam Muhsin Hendricks is pictured preparing for the start of the Jumu'ah prayer at the Inner Circle Mosque, in Wynberg, on September 2, 2016, in Cape Town. Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (RNS) — The journalist in me habitually writes of the death on Saturday (Feb. 15) of Imam Muhsin Hendricks, “A motive has not been determined.” But Muhsin, a friend ...

Muhsin Hendricks, the first openly gay Muslim imam, was shot dead in South Africa in what is suspected to be a hate crime. Hendricks was ambushed on Feb. 15 in Gqeberha, formerly Port Elizabeth.

Muhsin Hendricks is understood to have spoken about how some people were demanding his mosque be shut down, calling it the "gay temple". By Ciaran McGrath, Senior News Reporter.

Muhsin Hendricks, the first openly gay imam, was shot dead in a car attack in South Africa. Hendricks, who ran a supportive mosque for marginalized Muslims, faced significant challenges since ...