BERLIN (AP) — Ali Darwich, a gay Muslim influencer in Berlin, picks up a date from his plate, takes a sip of water, and addresses the 15 friends sitting around the table and breaking the Ramadan fast with him.
The 33-year-old German with Palestinian and Lebanese roots — who goes by @alifragt or “Ali asks” on Instagram — has a quickly growing following on Instagram, where he draws attention to the difficulties of living as a young, queer Muslim and calls for more tolerance and inclusiveness.
“Tonight we want to send a message that no matter where a person comes from, no matter who that person loves, no matter how queer that person is, they cannot be too queer … because they are exactly as they should be,” Darwich says, smiling at the diverse group of Muslims and Christians, Germans and immigrants, gay and straight people sharing this meal with him as the sun sets over Berlin.
I’m beyond tired of the Tr*mp Rage Show Spectacular, so here’s some uplifting news for y’all.
There’s a few wholesome communities that could use this!
Not saying I prefer ragebait in the news community. Just saying those other communities could use some content.
I’m not a fan of crossposting since is clutters up my post history, but feel free to.
While I totally understand those communities, my preference is to not relegate anything that isn’t rage to a special community since it distills regular news down to just the rage. Just my personal preference.
Ya know - I was thinking “How the hell is this ‘news’” when I saw the title but… Yeah - I’m here for it.
Its guys like these that I would like to see put in charge of reforming Islam into something more civilized.
An example to be immitated on mass.
You mean into something more civilized like our white christian western civilization? Besides the fact that defining civilized as exactly that (which is a highly concerning, colonial, way of defining it, it’s also not true that “in the civilized” west guys like him are the majority. That dude probably gets thousands of hate messages from andrew_tate_88.
I am pretty hopeful Tunisia will be spearheading those type of reforms.
They been big on feminism since their independence and any essay written in Arabic can spread through a lot of Muslim countries.
Sadly, they’re more likely to be murdered by a religious zealot than listened to.
Hell yeah
