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Title: Queer Muslims welcome activist
Post by: LostInTime on February 08, 2007, 11:33:29 AM
Link (http://theapp.appstate.edu/content/view/1995/40/)

Alam will discuss human rights and Islamic Shariah law as well as his personal story.

"He's very comfortable talking about his personal story, his background of growing up in a Pakistani community with the added dimension of being gay," Pena said.

Alam is the founder and former director of Al-Fatiha.

Al-Fatiha is an organization dedicated to support, empowerment and advocacy for Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender (LBGT) Muslims.

He is also the youngest member of the National Religious Leadership Roundtable, a religious LBGT networking organization.