Magnus, Hugo

Dr. Hugo "Hamid" Marcus (6 July 1880 – 18 April 1966) was a homosexual, Muslim, German-Jewish academic, author, teacher, and political activist. Foremost a dedicated writer, a large portion of Marcus' writing focuses on male homoerotic relationships and his interpretations of Islam. Despite being ethnically Jewish, Marcus converted to Islam in 1931, at the age of 51, after being heavily involved in the Ahmadiyya mosque community in Berlin in the prior years. During 1938, Marcus was arrested by t…