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Mullah Taha (Persian: طه) is a gay Shia Muslim cleric from Iran, and is the first openly queer cleric in the history of Shia Islam. He is the son of a cleric, and described his childhood self as being "effeminate". He attended Islamic school at the age of 15, where he realized his homosexuality. And attained the rank of Hujjat al-Islam. He officiated gay marriages in secret, leading to him being questioned by other clerics and threatened with death. And forced by the Iranian government to flee t
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