Canada's Gay Muslims Unite By Stephanie LevitzCanadaEast.com | June 20, 2003 When Faisal Alam e-mailed thousands of Muslim students six years ago, asking if any among them were gay, he unknowingly lit a flare that illuminated a community largely hidden in the shadows.A trickle of responses soon became a deluge, leading to this weekend's first Canadian-sponsored conference on homosexuality and Islam. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Muslims from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and South Africa will gather in Toronto for three days of exploring how they can reconcile their sexuality with a faith understood by many...