'It is central, it is very close to a lot of the services I recommend people to: Prahran Market Clinic, which is a medical centre for LGBT people, the hospital is just up the road, the police station is also down the road.' 'They are trying to beat the gay out of you' 'Inside, that circle thing looks like a mihrab, which is where the Imam stands to pray,' he said. He said the building he would like to move into has a roof shaped 'like the dome of a mosque'. He has been working closely with Victoria Police to ensure the mosque and safe house is in a secure location. Imam Nur is currently in talks with philanthropists in a bid to secure a building in Melbourne's inner city. They had to leave that day, then and there,' he said. 'I had seven people housed at my one-bedroom apartment. For young people to transition safely they cannot be in the environment that is causing them the trauma,' he said.
'One of the most essential things that our young people need is safe, affordable housing. He said he gets daily calls for help from young Muslims struggling with fierce and, at times, violent resistance from their family and community. 'You are talking about an ideology that believes your repentance is to be killed as a gay person,' he said. He has since become an increasingly vocal advocate for the rights of LGBTI Muslims, despite receiving ongoing death threats. Nur Warsame in front of the building he wants to turn into a gay-friendly mosque.
