Testenn Kernewek
Rajab Ali a’n jeves 46 bloodh.
Trawsreydhel yw ev.
Rag lies bledhen ev a sparyas arghans, hag yn 2022 ev a dhallathas drehevel moskee yn y wig yn Punjab, Pakistan.
Ev a dhesiras tyller may hylli pubonan pysi heb diskrimynyans.
An drehevel n’o kettoer. Kentrevogyon a ladras tapys, gwynsellow, ha rannow-motor.
Nebes tus a leveris na wryns i pysi nevra yn “moskee drehevys gans den trawsreydhel.”
Ali a hedhas an ober rag etek mis, hag ena a dhallathas a-nowydh yn mis Du 2025.
Lemmyn an moskee yw kowlwrys. Mes pan led Ali pysadow, nebes pysadoryon a’n govynn hwath.
Own a’n jeves drefen tus dh’y shyndya.
Eseli erell an gemeneth ny gessynyons gans an annoans, ha leverel y tal pubonan bos dynnerhys dhe bysi ena.
Ali a’n jeves un hwans: wosa ev dhe verwel, y fydh tus ow kofhe anedho hag ow pysi ragdho.
Rajab Ali is 46. He is transgender. For years he saved money, and in 2022 he began building a mosque in his village in Punjab, Pakistan, so everyone could pray without discrimination. Neighbours stole materials and some refused to pray there. Ali paused work for eighteen months, then finished the mosque in late 2025. He now leads prayers there, though he still faces questioning and fear. His one wish: to be remembered and prayed for after he dies.
Moy manylder
Gweythresegon a dhrehevis moskee haval yn Islamabad yn 2016, mes an ober a hedhas wosa bodhogyon ow kuntell donasens dhe vos dalghennys. Akat Personow Trawsreydhel Pakistan 2018 a ros kes-gwiryow dhe dyllerow poblek — mes ervirans-lys yn 2023 a dhaswrug rannow an lagha.
Prag y wrug vy dewis an derivas-ma… Because a story about someone spending everything he has to build a place to pray, and then not being allowed to pray in it, says something about faith that’s bigger than any one country.
Adapted from Global Voices, “A mosque built by a transgender person raises questions about faith and belonging in Pakistan” (Syeda Noor Fatima, 15 Aug 2026, CC BY 3.0). Cornish translation: first pass by Jeff, unproofed — for team review before publication.