An imam in Sarajevo, Bosnia has thanked God and coronavirus for canceling the city’s Pride march this month. Sarajevo’s second ever Pride was due to take place on 23 August.
However, organizers cancelled it last week as the Bosnia and Herzegovina capital has seen a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the last six weeks.
Muhamed ef Velic, imam of the Ottoman-era Ferhadija mosque in the historic centre of Sarajevo, responded to the cancellation on Facebook (translated): ‘The media reports that the gay parade in Sarajevo has been postponed because of coronavirus. ‘In every accident and tragedy – there is also a grain of happiness, goodness and beauty.