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Tragic Loss: First Openly Gay Muslim Imam Killed in South Africa

In a tragic incident that has sent shockwaves through communities worldwide, Muhsin Hendricks, the first openly gay Muslim imam, was fatally shot in South Africa. The incident occurred on Saturday in the city of Gqeberha, where Hendricks was ambushed by two men in a pick-up truck. The attackers, whose faces were covered, fired multiple shots through the side window of Hendricks' car. Hendricks was renowned for his advocacy for LGBTQ+ inclusion within Islam. He founded a mosque in Cape Town that welcomed gay Muslims and worked tirelessly through his Al-Ghurbaab Foundation to support and mentor individuals struggling to reconcile their faith with their sexual orientation. His efforts made him a prominent figure internationally, and he was a speaker at the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association’s conference in South Africa last year. The motive for the killing has not been established, but many believe it was an assassination due to Hendricks' progres...

Bread of Desperation

 

In the north of the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians have been hit hardest by hunger, residents face acute shortages of vegetables, fruit, and meat. Their desperate survival hinges on bread alone. Food available in the market is sold at exorbitant prices: a kilo of green peppers, which once cost about a dollar, now fetches nearly $90. Traders demand $70 for just a kilo of onions. Families like Um Mohammed’s, who have endured more than eight months of Israeli bombardments, subsist solely on flour and bread. Despite the recent lifting of a ban on fresh food sales from Israel and the West Bank, unscrupulous merchants exploit the crisis, selling goods at astronomical mark-ups. The flow of U.N. aid into this devastated territory remains severely restricted, and mounting global pressure calls for urgent action to prevent famine. In Gaza, where children suffer from acute malnutrition, the bread of desperation is their only sustenance.

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