WorldNews Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 http://www.offtopic.forum/data/MetaMirrorCache/3d4e3de67f158e659c4f254a58f8c7e1.jpgA handful of Muslim transgender women wash their faces, put on white robes and begin to pray, an act of quiet defiance after their study centre in Indonesia was shut by hardliners. Al Fatah, which claimed to be the world's only Islamic boarding school for transgender students, was long regarded as a symbol of the tolerant brand of Islam widely practised in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country. Despite the risk of retaliation, a small group of former students continue to quietly gather at the school building in the city of Yogyakarta every week to pray and study Islam. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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