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Muslim
LBGT Leader to Speak
On Monday, Nov.
11, Faisal Alam, founder of the international LGBT Muslim group
Al-Fatiha, will speak at Oberlin. His talk, “A Living Oxymoron:
Being Queer and Muslim” will address issues that queer-identified
Muslims face in the U.S. and around the world.
Faisal
Alam is a queer-identified Muslim activist of Pakistani descent
who has been prominently involved with groups including Amnesty
International and the National Minority AIDS Council.
He
founded Al-Fatiha in 1998 to respond to the needs and concerns of
LGBT Muslims and their allies, which he felt were inadequately addressed
by many LGBT and Muslim communities alike.
Al-Fatiha
now includes chapters in the United States, Canada and the United
Kingdom, and has sponsored several worldwide conferences.
The
talk will be held at 8 p.m. in West Lecture Hall in the new science
center. It is free and open to the public. -Rick Hoffman
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