LGBTQ-friendly mosque in Germany calls for ‘firewall’ vs. Islamism

Talking about anti-queer sentiment within Muslim communities does not play into the hands of the far right, but is instead an honest debate – Seyran Ates told Reuters on Friday (July 31), a week after a deadly attack on the sidelines of the Berlin Pride Parade party. She is the founder of the Ibn Rushd-Goethe Mosque in Berlin’s Moabit district.