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Secretive Gay Mosque Set to Open in Paris
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There’s a controversial house of worship set to open in Paris, France. Koranic expert Ludovic Mohammed Zahed is preparing to launch Europe’s first gay mosque — a location that he claims will shelter homosexuals who wish to participate in the Islamic faith.
The house of worship, the location of which is being kept secret over security concerns, will include some traditional Muslim traditions, applying them to gay adherents. Friday prayers (Jumu’ah), the Islamic marriage contract (Nikah) for same-sex couples and funeral rites (Janazah) for homosexuals will all be undertaken at the location.
“We need to have a safe space for people who do not feel comfortable and at ease in normal mosques,” Zahed said in an interview with ABC News. “There are transgender people who fear aggression, women who do not want to wear head scarf or sit in the back of the mosque. This project gives hope back to many believers in my community.”
The mosque, which is being called “The Unity” will start by taking place inside of a Buddhist temple in eastern Paris. Its name has much to do with its intended purpose — to allow everyone inside and to view each individual as one of God’s unique creations. Congregants will be invited in to speak about any and all subjects with faith leaders, with Zahed calling it “a safe place to worship.”
Ludovic Mohammed Zahed (Photo Credit: ABC News/Ludovic Mohammed Zahed)
“Our imams will talk on any taboo topic,” he explained. ”Current Islamic ethics may condemn this sexual orientation, but in fact nothing in Islam or the Koran forbids homosexuality.”
Zahed, who is currently a PhD student, has researched homosexuality extensively and contends that it wasn’t until European colonization took root that Islamic societies began cracking down on same-sex relations. If the Prophet Muhammad were alive today, the faith leader believes he would marry gay couples.
The announcement of the gay mosque comes as the French are heavily debating governmental plans to legalize gay marriage. You can read more about the house of worship here.
(H/T: ABC News)
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Comments (72)
RIGS
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:02amMaybe they will have a yearly wiener roast.
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toiletclogga
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 12:21pmThis is going to over like a fart in a mosque!
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LogCabinRepublican
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 12:38pmThis IS an Oxymoron – I’m gay and I realize this – Homosexuals and the Islamic faith DO NOT mix – unless of course they plan on gassing them in the basement of the Mosque.
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shorelineliz
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 12:51pmThis is actually good news for everyone. Because then we can truly see just how Tolerant Islam is, right? So peaceful. So tolerant. I can’t wait for this “show” to begin. These people will not be able to stop themselves from descending on this mosque and doing their worst. Which, of course, will give everyone the evidence they need to once again condemn this religion as the most violent and intolerant thing on the planet.
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pwatkins
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:52amNow there may be a new mosque for our first gay POTUS coming to Washington DC.
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dirigo
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 11:22amHe’s already there! The 3 men involved are all dead…. One shot mob style in a hotel room…
I wonder who? ordered that hit??
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Walkabout
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 3:58pmLook up the murder rate for Chicago for that time period 2007 to 2008. That rate is for every one. Then increase the rate for the neighborhood they lived in & the fact they were black. It should not be higher, but it is unfortunately. Then calculate the statistic that all three should end up dead. Very improbable. Probably like 1 in a million or higher.
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The-Monk
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 4:01pmHi Walkabout,
Here’s his old profile; he’s a paid, 9 to 5 troll.
http://www.theblaze.com/users/etchasketch/
Also, next time Monicne bothers you click on it’s name and you’ll find the true person behind that troll; http://www.theblaze.com/users/sleazyhippo/
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The-Monk
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 4:03pmHi Walkabout,
In response to…
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cbo-if-we-extend-unemployment-benefits-itll-create-jobs-boost-gdp/
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Kregneva
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:49amThe fact that Gay and Mosque appear in the header will ensure many hits, but add “Secret,” – priceless.
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Kregneva
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:59amThen, mention Paris, “the” Paris of France! That’s journalism.
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Walkabout
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 3:33pmKregneva
then mention the Paris of France.
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Really? As a conversational shorthand it is understood that when you say London, Berlin, Moscow etc without other context that it is the original city.
If is was a city named of a namesake & you are talking to someone not from that area you would include the state also.
There is noting wrong with the reporting in regards to just saying Paris.
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Kregneva
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 4:02pmSay Noting, WakkaBoot, we B just noting there is Noting wrong.
I was making fun of the opening sentence of the article, which is the point you apparently are trying to make, but spelled correctly. Noting unusal tahd yu needa lectur anybod on, LO.
PS: it’s a Nintendo, DS! Open 7-to-7, MF.
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Walkabout
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 4:46pmKregneva,
Nice social engineering attempt 2 days ago. Also today, you have ruined this moniker. Your mask is slipping. Oh well, just another datum. I shall remember.
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Gary_K
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:45amIs bathhouse barry flobama going for the grand opening?
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:51amGot to this one late, but that is the very thought that I had as I read the headline. Suppose that Rahm and Bawney will be in attendance with him?
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Gary_K
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:05amEahm will be heading to Paris on a fact finding mission, ya thats it a fact finding mission.
Bawney says he is moving to “Gay Parie” as soon as he retires from the house. He was last heard saying “wee wee, wee wee” while driving all the way home.
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Gary_K
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:12amoops Rahm not eahm
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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:43amI want the wet stone concession. Think about how many swords will need to be sharpened.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:53amOh, there will be blood.
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Walkabout
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 3:45pmThere will be blood, but maybe not right away. The Muslims Brotherhood & other groups have generational goals. Taking out these guys while it would feel good would not advance their agenda & could halt it for a year or 2.
The Muslims Brotherhood started formally about 90 years ago. Muslims from Egypt were invited into Germany after WW2 by some German soldiers who had been exposed to it during the war. The 1st Mosque was built in the 50s. This would not have been as likely to happen if church leaders had stood up in Germany & elsewhere in Europe. Some did & they were martyred. but not enough. Certainly no atheists stood with them. Where did Margaret Sanger stand? Oops we already know answer.
Yup some jihadis could wait a decade or 2 before taking action on this item.
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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:41amYeah you’ll be safe in Paris there’s no Islamic nutjobs anywhere around,says Baghdad Bob.
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kruzer_mike
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:40amSo now all gays will seek out islam as validation of their choices? How convenient is this as a way to win more muslim converts in the US given how large a population this represents….
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GuruMeditation
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:36am“…nothing in Islam or the Koran forbids homosexuality.” Well then it must be OK. (sarc)
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:32am.
Secretive Gay Mosque Set to Open in Paris
Just had to laugh. If it is a Secret Gay Mosque why does the Blaze kmow about it? I knew Mohamad or what ever his name is was in the closet butI guess he just stepped out LMAO…………
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:39amWhat’s the over – under on how long it will take for Johnny Jihad to blow that up?
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strewth_cobber
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 1:59pmDo you mean the secret gay mosque starting up in a Buddhist Temple in East Paris that’s a secret?
The quote, “If the Prophet Muhammad were alive today, the faith leader believes he would marry gay couples” shouldn’t cause any residents of East Paris and its local Buddhists any alarm.
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Walkabout
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 3:36pmSquidVetOhio
Don’t know. they might ignore it for years as they have bigger fish to fry. They might even say they are tolerant of it every now & then. But that would just be taqiya. They’ll say see we tolerate them as they further insinuate themselves into the left.
Eventually they will send someone to conduct surveillance & identify any one attending the mosque.
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:28am.
Time to buy stock in Super Glue………….
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capitalismrocks
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:23amOh boy…. the islamo nutjobs are not going to go for gay jidahi’s… that ain’t gonna go over well with moreHAMmud…
Watch to see a lot of dead gay muslims coming to a Parisian mosque near you…
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biohazard23
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:21amHmmmm….. what could POSSIBLY go wrong? (sarc)
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:59amBIOHAZARD, Yeah, really? Anybody in the neighborhood who is lucky enough to find the truth about the location should get the hell out of there. Somehow though, we, that is the U.S. will take the blame for something.
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hslusher
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:18amLol just LOL no need to say anything
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hslusher
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:16amYeah this is going to work out well the fundamentist Moslems can one stop shop to kill the gay moslems.
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Thornyrose13
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:10amThey have to keep its location secret for security reasons? I don’t see this Mosque lasting very long. The Muslim fundamentalists have no fear of western law or respect for western traditions of freedom of peace and assembly. I fear for the lives of those who attend this mosque.
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mike_trivisonno
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:30amWhat is more troubling is the number of secretive mosques and madrassas being operated on American soil for the express purpose of pressing forward the Jihad for America. What goes on in the madrassas is disturbing and illegal.
Forget France. With a 10% muslim population (that they officially acknowledge), they should no longer be considered part of the Christian West. France is the vanguard of the newly minted Western European Islam.
France is part of the Ummah now. I doubt even Charles The Hammer could retrieve the soul of France from the shackles of Islam.
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jcldwl
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:36amBut, I thought there were no gay muslims.
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:09amZahed is a liar but that comes with being a muslim.
So no surprise there.
Islam’s Love-Hate Relationship with Homosexuality
By Serge Trifkovic
FrontPageMagazine.com | January 24, 2003
http://archive.frontpagemag.com/Printable.aspx?ArtId=20145
http://islamquest.net/en/archive/question/fa3061
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JQCitizen
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:46amHa! I checked out the second site listed and the info was just RICH! So, if the information in this is true, a man has anal intercourse with another man, and part of his punishment is that no woman who is related to him can get married?
What kind of sick religion is this?
A woman is raped by a MAN; it’s HER fault;
A man has a gay sexual experience; The punishment redounds to his FEMALE relatives!
Am I the only one who thinks that the Islamists never have evolved past Adam’s excuse:
“The woman thou gavest me…”?
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mike_trivisonno
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:54am“…What kind of sick religion is this?…”
Islam is not a religion, it is a political movement cloaked in religiosity.
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:52am@MR.FITNAH – your first link does not work for frontpagemag
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blackyb
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:04amWhy is it that so many gays get mad at people who are not gay? Maybe misery loves compan? Personally, I think they are just steeped in sin and will not come out of the lifestyle because most of their friends and connections are gay. Well, those friends and connections are not going to burn in hell for them, they will have their own row in hell to ho(e.)
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jackact
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 7:55amAnd one opening in Iran soon.
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dublinthewagons
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 7:49amI’m for it. Lol. Coming to an Iranian city soon. Who will head the mosque?
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FeralHuman
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 7:48amThe Prophet ( for profit ) SchmoHammad had sex with watermelons, dead women, young boys and young girls, goats, camels, etc. They are only doing what the profit did.
Read the book “Muhammad” by Martin Lings. Martin Lings was a convert to Islam.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Lings
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blackyb
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:24amThat may have been interesting at some point in my life, but now knowing what American is fighting, it is just one more legion of demons in human form. They all have one thing in common and that is to destroy anything good and decent. They hate God. He will handle it. They are many and all are working together in some say for destruction. They have taken sides with Satan and hell and are bent through drugs, sex, lies and deceit to destroy this nation.
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Walkabout
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 3:53pmYou link says nothing about it. Of course Wiki would not mention that. To really know what you say is true we would have to read the book. But somehow I doubt the book has that in it,because the governments of Pakistan & Egypt praised it.
Maybe the governent ministers only skimmed the book & did not read it in its’ entirety.
It is intereresting that Ling converted to Islam but still had to flee Egypt in 1952. So much for Islam.
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Gonzo
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 7:46am“Zahed has researched homosexuality extensively and contends that it wasn’t until European colonization took root that Islamic societies began cracking down on same-sex relations.”
So now it’s the white man’s fault that Islam kills gays. Come on guys, I’m still feeling guilty over slaves I never owned and now I have to deal with this?
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blackyb
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:12amFeel guilty, for what? Most of those blacks are not even slave decendents, just malcontents wanting to place blame where they did not work or sacrifice to have something, but slep around, had loads of children for someone else to feed and then cried fowl at changing diapers, etc. Well that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Plenty of all ethnics practice this as well. As long as others pay to raise their children who they manage to turn on those who do have something, while it is instilled in them and an attitude to rob, steal and kill, then this situation in America will keep on keeping on. The children we raise of others have nothing but disdain and contempt for other Americans from listening to their malcontent parents throughout their childhood just like Obama listened to his parents and decided all Americans are rich and should give what they work for to others. This is why we should get him out of office. He is in there to overthrow this nation.
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Gonzo
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 10:41amSarcsm Blacky, nothing more.
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yougottabekidding
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 7:45amGee whywould there be security concerns if there is nothing against it in the koran or islam
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RightUnite
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 7:44amOh yeah… That’ll go over really well…..
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 7:43amBring on the “Dancing Boys” …
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 7:46amAbout Islamic “Dancing Boys” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/dancingboys/
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kickagrandma
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 7:42amAll right!!! Now, let’s see how the muslimes really feel about this subject.
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DadRocked
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:04amThe peace loving religion will have NO issues with this…
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