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Kumasi, Ghana – Kamal Dauda is a young Ghanaian who resides in Asawasi Zongo, a predominantly Muslim community in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
He believes in the principles of love, peace and forgiveness as espoused by the teachings of Islam, a religion he professes.
Thus, since public outcry against LGBTQ and their activities in the country started surging a few years ago, Kamal has been worried about such minority groups.
A freelance journalist by profession, he has been one vocal person who uses every available platform to educate and encourage others to show compassion to LGBTQ people.
During one of his advocacies at a local radio station in one of the zongo communities recently, he opined that “stigmatizing LGBTQ people and other minority groups is insensitive and ungodly”.
Unfortunately, following his persistent public advocacy both on and off radio for people to treat LGBTQ persons with compassion, Kamal’s life has now come under threat. His home was recently attacked and his room ransacked while he was away.
“Some youth in the community I live in have threatened to take my life if I don’t stop the kind of advocacy I have been doing. In fact, they have ransacked my home a couple of times in search of me. In all instances they met my absence and left warning notices with my neighbours to tell me to stop the advocacy for the LGBTQ people otherwise they’ll kill me.”
According to Kamal, due to the constant threats against him, his family has also been at the receiving end as people are beginning to cast aspersions against them any time they see them in public.
He told this reporter that he no longer sleeps in his house for fear of his life.
“I sleep in friends home in different communities close to Asawasi Zongo. But I am afraid if my friends get to know they’ll expose me to my persecutors to come after me and so Im looking for an opportunity to leave the country to a place I can have the peace of mind and be accepted for the work I do.”
Though he has reported the incident to the Asawasi Police Station, Kamal is still not at ease with himself. The visibly worried young journalist believes there’s very little the police can actually do to help him since majority of Ghanaians are against LGBTQ people.
At the time of filing this report, Kamal could not be reached again. Checks by this reporter with his neighbours suggest he might have relocated to a different town because it has been a while they have seen him around.
By SavannahNewsOnline.Com/Philip Liebs
We need no LGBT in our society . We shall deal with him . We will kill him .
We need no LGBT in our society . We shall deal with him . We will kill him .
We shall deal with that guy in our community.we shall chase him anywhere in Ghana. He’s trying to bring curse to our community by supporting gays . He’s very foolish guy who deserve to be eliminated fast .
This journalist she be beaten up for supporting Gays and lesbians as a muslim
This is complete unislamic and we must not support gays in our community.
We shall go after every gay in Ghana . Foolish People.
Stupid guy you are now hiding. Don’t let us see you around the vicinity
I think is time to fully come out to and chase this kind of people in our society. Why must you even support the actions of gays. I wish I live in kumasi Zongo , I would have join the people to chase and eliminate this Advocate for LGBT. Idiot I wonder if he’s a Muslim . 😡😡😡
I think is his choice to be an advocate for lgbt. Remember he’s also helping people living with HIV/AIDS, in our community. Let’s not harm this guy because he’s trying his best in the Zongo areas . He’s a family man and Business man at the same time .
Please let’s not Harm his peace 🙏🙏🙏
I know that guy in our area , I know his house everything about him and we suspect him to a gay for a long time . Because he always moves with those guys . We shall make sure he’s stop advocating for their Right, Nonsense you can’t come and bring calamity in our community.
Nonsense
This is good in the right direction we shall chase everyone supporting this lgbt in our country. Until they stop being gays and Lesbians, we won’t stop the killings and the attacks on them.
Inasmuch we don’t accept gayism in our community, we mustn’t attack his family in the first place . Please let’s stop this hatred to our fellow Muslim . We can talk to him nicely to tone down his LGBT advocacy.
This are the same people who wants to be heard in the Community. We shall not accept them in our Land . I’m in full support of killing of Gays.
One guy was killed in 2017 in our area in cape Coast and we’re still pursuing them .
LGBT doesn’t have place in Ghana , not to talk of our Zongo Community. We shall chase them out of our country . Any LGBT Advocacy must be stopped they are those who fuel this Canker .
Awww soo Pathetic about your predicament. Some issues is very risky especially the issue of lgbt in Ghana. I pray your life is Safe wherever you find yourself. Africa is never safe for LGBT ADVOCATE .
Next time u deserve to be killed. How could a normal human being support evil . Lgbt is a curse to the world.
This will never happen in Accra Nima, we would search and kill all the Gays around. LGBT is Haram in our Zongo .
I wish this guy is taught a lesson . Why must a Muslim support LGBT? He’s a foolish guy .