The world's first openly gay imam in the Muslim faith was shot and killed in what local authorities say may be a hate crime.

Imam Muhsin Hendricks, “A motive has not been determined.” But Muhsin, a friend and colleague, had told me about the death threats. They began when he came out as gay in 1996. They ended on Saturday morning when he was murdered in Gqeberha,

Muhsin Hendricks, believed to be the world’s first out gay imam, was killed on Saturday, February 15 in Gqeberha, South Africa according to a report in the Guardian. Hendricks, who founded the Al-Ghurbaah mosque in Cape Town as an inclusive Muslim refuge,