Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed

Ludovic Mohamed Zahed

Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed is the founder imam of the first European inclusive mosque in Paris, France, with the goal of accommodating the LGBT and feminist Muslim communities. Zahed is the first French Muslim man to be civilly married with another man (in South Africa).^[1][2]

Biography

He was born in Algiers, Algeria, in 1977.^[3] or 1978.^[4] He just performed a doctoral study on how "Sexual Minorities are at the Vanguard of Changes in the Islam of France",^[3] and published already his social psychology doctoral thesis about "LGBT Muslims facing obscurantisms and homo-nationalisms" (2016).

Controversy

Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed calls for an Islam that is neither homophobic nor misogynistic.^[5] In France, he has openly taken the position in favor of same-sex marriage. Zahed is the founder of the group 'Homosexual Muslims of France' and, in November 2012, he set up a prayer room in Paris. It was described by the press as the first gay-friendly mosque in Europe. The reaction from the rest of the Muslim community in France has been mixed, the opening has been condemned by the Grand Mosque of Paris.^[6]

Publications

• LGBT Musulman-es: du Placard aux Lumières, face aux obscurantismes et aux homo-nationalismes (2016), Des Ailes sur un Tracteur
• Queer Muslim Marriage: Struggle of a gay couple's true life story towards Inclusivity & Tawheed within Islam (2013), CALEM
• Le Coran et la chair (2012), Éditions Max Milo
• Révoltes extraordinaires: un enfant du sida autour du monde (2011), L'Harmattan

See also

• Inclusive Mosque Initiative

References

1. "Concilier islam et homosexualité, le combat de Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed". france24.com. April 4, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
2. "Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed : gay et musulman, il garde le prêche". jeuneafrique.com. April 19, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
3. "Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed, un Coran d'air frais". liberation.fr. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
4. "Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed, l'intellectuel qui conjugue homosexualité et islam". slateafrique.com. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
5. "Why I want to open a gay-friendly mosque in Paris". theguardian.com. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
6. Banerji, Robin (30 November 2012). "Gay-friendly 'mosque' opens in Paris". BBC News.