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Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot dead near South Africa’s Gqeberha, formerly known as Port Elizabeth, police said. Hendricks, involved in various LGBTQ advocacy groups, came out as gay in 1996 and ran the Al-Ghurbaah mosque at Wynberg near his birthplace Cape Town. The mosque provides "a safe space in which queer Muslims and marginalised women can practise Islam", its website states. Hendricks, the subject of a 2022 documentary called "The Radical", had previously alluded to threats against him. A police spokeswoman confirmed to AFP the authenticity of a video on social media that purported to show a targeted killing in Bethelsdorp near Gqeberha. "The motive for the murder is unknown and forms part of the ongoing investigation," police said.
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