Muhsin Hendricks, the world’s first openly gay imam, dedicated his life to bridging Islam and LGBTQ+ identity. He founded ...

Muhsin Hendricks showed the world that "it's possible to be both queer and a devout Muslim," says his longtime friend and colleague.

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 ...

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 what rights groups fear could be a hate crime.

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.

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 ...

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 what rights groups fear could be a hate crime.

Muhsin Hendricks, the world's first openly gay imam, was shot dead on Saturday while he was travelling in a car with another person in South Africa.

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.

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