The imam, who ran a mosque intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims, was in a car with another person when a vehicle stopped in front of them and blocked their exit, police said.
“Thereafter they fled the scene, and the driver noticed that Hendricks, who was seated at the back of the vehicle was shot and killed.”
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The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association denounced the killing.
Hendricks, involved in various LGBTQ advocacy groups, came out as gay in 1996. He ran the Al-Ghurbaah mosque at Wynberg near his birthplace Cape Town.
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But he insisted that “the need to be authentic” was “greater than the fear to die”.
South Africa has one of the world's highest murder rates, with some 28,000 murders in the year to February 2024, according to police data.
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