Kadyrov threatens participants of LGBT action in Berlin mosque

The head of Chechnya has criticized the action in support of LGBT people organized in the Berlin mosque; Kadyrov has promised "hellish torments" to its participants, and claimed that German Muslims were responsible for what happened.

On July 3, in his Telegram channel, Ramzan Kadyrov expressed his indignation at the action in support of LGBT people, organized in the mosque located in the Moabit District in central Berlin. "It is reported that the mosque located in central Berlin has raised the LGBT flag," Kadyrov wrote. He has treated the action as "dirty", and was outraged that the participants of the action came with posters with the inscription "Love is Halal".

The action was held in the Ibn Rushd Goethe Mosque in the Moabit District on July 1. It became the first German mosque to fly the rainbow flag. The rally was attended by Klaus Lederer, Berlin cultural senator, and one of the six Imams of the Mo el-Ketab Mosque, who stated that Ibn Rushd Goethe should be a safe place for different people and expressed hope that other mosques will follow this example.

Kadyrov has criticized the Imam of the mosque, who supported the action, as well as all the Muslims of Germany. "I can't understand how Imams of this mosque can call themselves Muslims after everything that happened. And how did the parishioners, and indeed the entire Islamic part of the German population, leave this action defaming our religion without a loud, resonant reaction?!" Ramzan Kadyrov has written, pointing out that Muslims of Germany "are primarily responsible for what happened in the mosque." He promised "hellish torments" to the participants of the action.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on July 3, 2022 at 09:04 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.