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Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa

Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa

Police say motive for killing of Hendricks, who ran a mosque for LGBTQ+ Muslims near Cape Town, is unknown

Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s “first openly gay imam”, has been shot dead near the southern city of Gqeberha, South African police have said.

The imam, who ran a mosque intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims, was in a car with another person on Saturday when a vehicle stopped in front of them and blocked their exit, police said.

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