Plans to open a gay and female-friendly mosque will go ahead in the face of death threats from angry Muslims, the man behind the scheme has vowed.

A forward thinking Islamic group is founding a mosque in Cape Town, South Africa, in which men and women will pray together in a controversial break with tradition. Homosexual people would also be welcome at the Open Mosque, under plans led by academic Taj Hargey. [International Business Times]

“Forward-thinking Islamic group” – yeah, good luck with that.