[1] In June 2016, after a shooting in Orlando, an article Jama had written in 2014 about LGBT Muslims was shared on social media.
[2] Jama was the editor in chief of Huriyah[3] (Arabic: حرية,[note 1] "freedom"), an LGBT Muslim magazine published between the years 2000 and 2010.
The magazine was first published in Arabic and launched in English in 2002, with a focus on both LGBT and Muslim issues in politics, arts, and spirituality.
[5] It had a major interview every month, conducted by Jama, including of Daayiee Abdullah and Faisal Alam.
In 2006 Jama stated, "My main difference with the majority of Muslims is the belief that a Jewish homeland is an important progress for all of us, especially one in their ancestral land of Israel".