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Even in his final seconds of life, first lgbtq+ imam pushed boundaries
BBC News, Johannesburg
The execution-style killing ofan openly gay imam, Muhsin Hendricks, in South Africa has left people in the LGBTQ+ people fearful for their security - but also determined to forge ahead with the campaign to terminate their marginalisation in religious circles.
Reverend Toni Kruger-Ayebazibwe, an openly gay Christian cleric, told the BBC that Hendricks was a "gentle spirit" who brought light into any room he occupied.
"The gap Muhsin leaves is massive," she said, adding that she knew for a fact that there were "a large number of queer Muslims around the world who are grief stricken".
The year-old was shot dead in what appeared to be a hit on Saturday in the small coastal municipality of Gqeberha.
Initial reports that Cape Town-based Hendricks had been in Gqeberha to perform the wedding ceremony of a same-sex attracted couple have been dismissed as untrue by his Al-Gurbaah Foundation.
"He was visiting Gqeberha to officiate the marriages of two interfaith heterosexual couples when he was tragically shot and killed," it said in a statement.
Iceland: Reykjavik street turns rainbow for Gay Pride
A gigantic rainbow has appeared in the centre of Iceland's capital city - but it's underfoot.
One of Reykjavik's central streets has been painted in rainbow colours as part of the city's annual Gay Celebration festival, the Visir news website reports, external. Dozens of people gathered to help to transform the road, including Mayor Dagur Eggertsson, who grabbed a roller and took on the yellow section. "It was lovely. A massive number of children lent us a hand and some even brought their own paint brushes," says Reykjavik Pride director Eva Maria Thorarinsdottir Lange.
Reykjavik Lgbtq+ fest is one of Iceland's biggest events, attracting more than , visitors during a week of festivities, equivalent to about a third of the country's population.
The mayor describes the rainbow as "more influential and beautiful" than he could have imagined. "This is one way to make our city livelier, more human and simply a better place by great collaboration and attractive thinking," he says on his Facebook page, external. The rainbow will be kept until the finish of the summer, according to the Morgunb
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