COVID-19 doesn’t stop gay Imam’s quest for inclusion and education across Africa
KIM HARRISBERG IT’S hard to pull up a chair and talk sex or fly imams over closed borders for gender training in a pandemic. But Imam Muhsin Hendricks wasn't about to let COVID-19 destroy his carefully crafted Islamic training programme - he'd faced down too much else in his 53 years. One of the first imams to come out as gay, Hendricks is a pioneer, known continent-wide for pursuing dialogue with fellow Muslim leaders about a topic many don't want to discuss. Same-sex relations remain a taboo across much of Africa and in much of the Muslim world. Seeking to…