South Africa's first gay-friendly mosque could be shut South Africa's first gay-friendly mosque, which also allows Christian worshippers and women to lead prayers, could be closed unless it complies with municipal laws, an official said on Wednesday. The mosque, which opened last Friday in Cape Town, has been ordered to comply with regulations, councillor Ganief Hendricks told AFP. But the founder of the mosque, Muslim academic Taj Hargey, denounced the threat which he said was based on a "vindictive" campaign being waged by his opponents. FILE IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES OF THE OPENING