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The LGBT community is often criticized for setting an agenda that is taken largely from a gay white male perspective. For instance, marriage equality is currently front and center, but for some same-gender-loving people of color, marriage is not necessarily a top priority. More pressing for us may be issues like HIV/AIDS, employment discrimination, homophobia being preached at the pulpit, and plain economic inequality.

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"We are gender equal, queer-friendly and religiously nondiscriminatory," Zonneveld declared. "In other words, all are welcome. Allah tells us in the Quran that the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was a 'mercy to the worlds.'"

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Said [...] from Belgium's intercultural organisation, Merhaba, which targets gay Muslims, told EUobserver [...] "Being both Arab and gay for instance, we wish to be accepted for being both. In whatever the EU undertakes, we expect a global approach. You cannot fight one phobia with another."

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Today Merhaba launches a brand new website: www.merhaba.be/en . This site is created for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders and intersex people from ethnic minorities & their environment (family, friends...).  Also Professionals and anyone with questions about gender, sexual orientation and cultural diversity will find lots of information. You can read news updates, follow our campaigns and there is a documentation center with loads of articles, personal stories, interviews and dossiers.

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