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 ...

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. Eastern Cape provincial police ...

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 ...

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 ...

Imam Muhsin Hendricks, left, and MCC's the Rev. Elder Cecilia Eggleston The Rev. Elder Cecilia Eggleston, moderator of the MCC denomination, today issued a statement condemning the apparently ...

Muhsin Hendricks, a gay South African imam, has been preaching for years that homosexuality and the Muslim religion can co-exist, even though his own experience shows how hard it is to gain acceptance ...

Rest In Peace, Muhsin Hendricks..... The world’s first openly gay Muslim imam, Muhsin Hendricks, was fatally shot in South Africa, sparking rumors of an alleged hate crime, CNN reports. Investigators ...

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 ...