In an article published in Al Arabiya, Melody Moezzi, an Iranian-American Muslim writer and attorney from Chicago has come out in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights, stating:

The LGBT community represents the most vulnerable and marginalized sector of nearly every society worldwide, and as such, it’s vital that international bodies like the UN speak up in support of LGBT rights. Likewise, because it is so often religion that is abused and misused to justify the assault, murder and harassment of gays, lesbians and transgender people, it is equally important for religious individuals, groups and organizations to stand up in defense of the LGBT community.

To be honest, I don't know how much credibility or clout Ms. Moezzi holds in fundamentalist Muslim societies, but the fact that her words and thoughts appear in such a prominent news source is, at the very least, encouraging. Many more religious people, especially Muslims and Christians, need to preach the same message to their spiritual kin if they truly want the world to become a safer place for sexual minorities, and, consequently, a more harmonious planet on which to live. However, I can say that after nearly five years of researching hundreds, if not thousands, of stories for this blog, I am not sure that the majority of religious people across the globe really want peace.