Muslims for Progressive Values

Faith for Pride 2023

By Jonathan Woodward — June 18, 2023
Leaders of faith and of conscience share why they're celebrating Faith for Pride throughout June, organizing and mobilizing against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and hateful rhetoric that threaten the lives of LGBTQ+ people.

Muslims in interfaith bonds are proliferating. Imams willing to marry them are not.

By Sara Badilini — January 10, 2022
(RNS) — One out of five Muslims is in an interfaith relationship, surveys suggest. But few imams are willing to conform the traditional Muslim wedding ceremony to their needs, couples say.

Muslim attitudes about LBGT are complex

By Lauren Markoe — June 17, 2016
(RNS) Mainstream Islamic authorities reject gay relationships. But some Muslims hope for change, and say the roots of homophobia within Muslim communities may not be as deep as many think.

Muslims back Obama, but by smaller margin than in 2008

By Omar Sacirbey — October 29, 2012

(RNS) While fewer Muslims are supporting Obama this year, Muslim support for Mitt Romney, at 7 percent according to a recent poll, is more than triple the 2.2 percent of Muslims who voted for John McCain in 2008. By Omar Sacirbey.

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