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Iranian gay mullah

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Mullah Taha is a gay Shia Muslim cleric from Iran, and is the first openly queer cleric in the history of Shia Islam.

He is the son of a cleric, He attended Islamic school at the age of 15, where he realized his homosexuality. He attained the rank of Hujjat al-Islam.

He officiated gay marriages in secret, leading to him being questioned by other clerics and threatened with death. where he has lived as of 2016.

He continued to perform same-sex marriages for queer Shia Muslim refugees in Istanbul. He resides temporarily in Turkey, as his ultimate destination is Canada, where he has sought asylum.

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Iranian gay mullah

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Taha

· Wikidata: Q133270432

· DBpedia: Taha (Shia cleric)

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