it leaves LGBTIQ Muslims sometimes in a precarious place,” said El-Farouk Khaki, a gay activist and co-founder of the Toronto Unity Mosque. “I’ve seen a real outpouring of solidarity and love from the larger LGBTIQ community, but I’ve also seen the opposite,” he said. “It’s very hateful towards Muslims.”Such a tragedy, Khaki said, highlights some of the difficulties faced by LGBT Muslims. “There’s this notion that Islam is a monolith and Muslims are a monolith and there’s no such thing as a LGBTIQ Muslim. For some who identify with both Islam and the LGBT community, the attack and its aftermath appears to have underscored the confluence of homophobia and Islamophobia.

Source: thestar June 15, 2016 21:53 UTC