United States: A Muslim movement allows gay imams

Muslims for Progressive Values​​, the movement is a lot of attention right now in the U.S. Unis.Crée 4 years ago, he advocated a progressive Islam. The women can lead prayers, imams celebrate gay marriages and women and men can pray side by side, explains Slate.fr.
"They reinterpret the norms of Islam and reconsider the taboo. Very far from what is accepted by the dominant motion, these believers feel that the future of religion is not based only on tradition but also on their [...], "said Ani Zonneveld, president of Muslims for Progressive Values of Malaysian origin. Today a thousand Muslims joined the movement that stretches from the East Coast to California.
Question of interpretation
For Lamrabet doctor and Moroccan intellectual, this way of life Islam is not to condemn. She said Islam is a religion so that it leaves open and tolerant Muslims the opportunity to interpret and practice, as they wish, the Muslim religion. "There may be things that seem absurd, but you can not pass judgment from our country and the context in which we live," she says.
"Islam is built upon five pillars, and from there, the rest is an interpretation," she adds. Point of view that joins the movement that believes that anything that is not written in the Koran is not prohibited. Finally, the Moroccan intellectual believes that this interpretation of Islam is a means of integration and helps break down prejudices among people who think that Islam is an intolerant religion.