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World's first openly gay imam, Muhsin Hendricks, shot dead in South Africa

Muhsin Hendricks, who is considered the world's 'first openly gay imam', was shot dead in South Africa's southern city of Gqeberha on Saturday, police said. The police said that the imam was in a car ...
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Man hailed as world’s first imam to say he was gay is shot dead in South Africa

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imam Muhsin Hendricks is pictured preparing for the start of the Jumu'ah prayer at the Inner Circle Mosque, in Wynberg, on ...
LGBTQ Nation

World’s first out gay imam horrifically shot to death in possible “professional hit”

Muhsin Hendricks, well known as the first openly gay Muslim imam, was fatally shot in South Africa last Saturday in what supporters are calling a targeted assassination. Hendricks was ambushed by two ...
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Muhsin Hendricks, ‘first openly gay imam,’ helped queer Muslims find their way

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 and ...
Metro Weekly

World’s First Gay Imam Shot to Death

Muhsin Hendricks, the world’s first imam to publicly come out as gay in 1996, was shot dead in South Africa on February 15 in what appears to be an ambush. Eastern Cape provincial police confirmed ...
People

First Openly Gay Imam Ambushed and Murdered on His Way to Officiate Wedding

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 way ...
Daily Maverick

A year later, no arrests for the killing of Muhsin Hendricks, SA's first openly gay imam

On Wednesday, 7 January 2026, Bafana Khumalo, co-executive director of Sonke Gender Justice, told Daily Maverick that the lack of arrests in the murder of Imam Muhsin Hendricks was “somewhat strange, ...
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World's first openly gay Muslim imam Muhsin Hendricks shot dead in South Africa

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Muhsin Hendricks, the world's first openly gay imam, was shot and killed on Saturday. File Photo Sanjeev Gupta/EPA Feb. 17 (UPI) - ...
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World's first openly gay Muslim imam shot dead in South Africa

Feb. 17 (UPI) --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. Police are "hot on the heels" of the alleged suspects and ...
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World’s First Openly Gay Muslim Imam, Muhsin Hendricks, Shot Dead In South Africa In An Alleged Hate Crime

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. A ...
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Muhsin Hendricks, World’s First Openly Gay Imam, Shot Dead in South Africa

In South Africa, Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure in Islam, was shot dead Saturday. He was considered the world’s first openly gay imam. Hendricks was in a car with another person when a vehicle ...