'We're gog to show the whole world that you n be gay and Mlim'
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- GROOMS MARRY SAME-SEX MLIM WEDDG TO SHOW THE WORLD YOU N BE GAY AND MLIM
- UK’S FIRST MARRIED GAY MLIM COUPLE FAC ACID ATTACK THREATS
- MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
- FIRST GAY MLIM MARRIED UPLE REVEAL ABE SCE WEDDG
- HISTORY’S FIRST GAY COUPLETHEY LIVED, DIED AND WERE BURIED TOGETHER AS EARLY AS 2400 B.C EGYPTKAMNA KIRTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·3 M READ·AUG 13, 2020--5SHARENIANKHKHUM AND KHNUMHOTEPSOURCE: PUBLIC DOMAWHEN EGYPTOLOGISTS DISVERED THE TOMB AT SAQQARA, EGYPT 1964, THEY WERE SURPRISED. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY TOMB THE NECROPOLIS WHERE A SAME-SEX UPLE WAS BURIED TOGETHER.WH MOST OF THE HISTORY GETTG LOST TRANSLATN, EGYPTOLOGISTS HAVE EXTRAPOLATED OM THE EVINCE THEIR TOMB THAT KHNUMHOTEP AND NIANKHKHNUM ARE HISTORY’S FIRST DOCUMENTED GAY UPL. THE CLAIM OF A FIRST RERD SAME-SEX UPLE HAS MET NSIRABLE BATE ACROSS AMIANS.HIEROGLYPHS ADORNED ACROSS THE TOMB PICT THEM AS HOLDG HANDS, FACE TO FACE WH THEIR NOS TOUCHG, EMBRACG A WAY THAT PICTS A MARRIED UPLE.THE TOMB
- THIS MAN BE THE FIRST GAY MLIM TO MARRY IN THE UK
- UK CELEBRAT FIRST GAY MLIM WEDDG AND THE NEWLYWEDS' MSAGE TO HATERS IS EVERYTHG
- UK'S FIRST GAY MLIM MARRIAGE COUPLE REVEAL ABE THEY HAVE RECIEVED
- FOR SOME GAY MLIMS, SCOTUS MARRIAGE DECISN DON'T MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE
- 'FIRST' GAY MLIM MARRIAGE HELD THE UK
- COUPLE MARRIED FIRST GAY MLIM WEDDG SUBJECTED TO ONLE ABE
- EXPRS & STARHOMENEWSSPORTENTERTAMENTSERVICNOTIFITN SETTGSSUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR ALL NOTIFITN SOURC OM THIS ONE PLACE.NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S TOP STORI SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.SIGN ME UPNEWSALL NEWS COST OF LIVGLOL HUBSCRIMEPOLICSHEALTHBSEDUTNVOICFEATURENVIRONMENTMORE UK NEWSNOSTALGIAPROPERTYTRANSPORTMOTORSWORLD NEWSVIRAL NEWSFEED A FAYSPONSORED ARTICLFD NEWS FOR YOUR TOWNWALSALLWALSALLALDRIDGEBLOXWICHBROWNHILLSDARLASTONPELSALLSTREETLYWILLENHALLWATCH: DELIGHTED WALSALL UPLE UK'S FIRST GAY MLIM MARRIAGEBY DOUG WOOTTONDARLASTONPUBLISHED: JUL 10, 2017LAST UPDATED: JUL 10, 2017"WE'RE GOG TO SHOW THE WHOLE WORLD THAT YOU N BE GAY AND MLIM."SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICETHE FIRST UK SAME-SEX MARRIAGE VOLVG A MLIM HAS TAKEN PLACE THE BLACK COUNTRY.AT A LOW-KEY CEREMONY AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICE, JAHED CHOUDHURY, AGED 24, OM DARLASTON, TIED THE KNOT WH HIS PARTNER SEAN ROGAN, 19.THE UPLE, WHO HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SCE 2015, WORE TRADNAL MLIM ATTIRE.IN WHAT IS SEEN AS A CULTURAL TABOO FOR MANY TRADNAL MLIMS, MR CHOUDHURY IS ONE OF ONLY A FEW OPENLY-GAY MLIM MEN AND SAYS HE WAS BULLIED AND OSTRACISED OM HIS MUNY FOR BEG HOMOSEXUAL GROWG UP.HE IS NOW LOOKG FORWARD TO A HAPPY LIFE WH MR ROGAN, WHO HE FIRST MET WHILE CRYG ON A BENCH DARLASTON.WATCH: FOOTAGE OM THE CEREMONY MR CHOUDHURY ADD: "I'D NOT LONG OVERDOSED AND I WAS CRYG ON A BENCH AND SEAN ME OVER AND ASKED IF I WAS OKAY. HE GAVE ME HOPE AT ONE OF MY LOWT POTS AND HE'S STOOD BY ME ALL THE WAY."GROWG UP WH BANGLASHI PARENTS AND THREE SIBLGS A TRADNAL MLIM HOEHOLD, MR CHOUDHURY RELLS BEG THE "BLACK SHEEP" OF THE FAY.HE ADD: "I STOOD OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB – I NEVER LIKED FOOTBALL, I PREFERRED WATCHG FASHN SHOWS ON TV. I REMEMBER FEELG TRAPPED."MR CHOUDHURY THEN WENT TO SENDARY SCHOOL – DARLASTON COMMUNY SCIENCE COLLEGE – WHERE HE CLAIMS HE WAS REPEATEDLY BULLIED.HE SAID: "IT WENT ALL OVER SCHOOL, PEOPLE WOULD SP ON ME, EMPTY THE BBISH BS ON ME, LL ME PIG AND THE MLIM PEOPLE WOULD SHOUT 'HAM' - WHICH IS A VERY NASTY SULT MY LANGUAGE."A PERD OF TRYG TO CHANGE HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN NSISTED OF HIM HAVG A GIRLIEND, CHANGG HIS SOCIAL CIRCLE, TAKG MEDITN AND EVEN GOG ON A PILGRIMAGE TO SDI ARABIA AND BANGLASH.ACRDG TO MR CHOUDHURY THE SUATN ONLY GOT WORSE – HE WAS ASSLTED BY FELLOW MLIMS THE STREET WHERE HE LIVED AND 'FAG' WAS SPRAYED ON HIS ONT DOOR.THE MOSQUE HE'D BEEN ATTENDG FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS NO LONGER ALLOWED HIM AND HE WAS PHYSILLY ATTACKED BY OTHER MLIM BOYS. FEELG OSTRACISED, MR CHOUDHURY ATTEMPTED TO KILL HIMSELF.HE ADD: "I'D BEEN VICLY ATTACKED BY MLIM BOYS, MY MOSQUE TOLD ME NON-MLIMS WERE NOT ALLOWED ."I TRIED KILLG MYSELF AND I THEN MET SEAN. THE HOG ASSOCIATN GOT A HOE A WEEK AND WE'VE BEEN LIVG TOGETHER EVER SCE. I PROPOSED ON SEAN'S BIRTHDAY LAST JUNE."MR CHOUDHURY SAYS HE HAS POST-TRMATIC STRS DISORR MEANG HE STGGL TO FACE PEOPLE ALONE AND N'T WORK.BUT NOW HE HAS TAKEN A SIGNIFINT STEP FORWARD FOR BOTH THE MLIM AND LGBT MUNI.HE ADD: "WE'RE GOG TO HAVE A BIG PARTY DARLASTON AFTERWARDS AND GO TO SPA FOR A WEEK ON HOLIDAY."THIS IS ABOUT SHOWG PEOPLE I DON'T RE, MY FAY DON'T WANT TO E ON THE DAY, THEY JT DON'T WANT TO SEE , 'S TOO EMBARRASSG FOR THEM."THEY THK 'S A DISEASE AND N BE CURED, SOME OF MY FAY STILL LL A PHASE."I WANT TO SAY TO ALL PEOPLE GOG THROUGH THE SAME THG THAT'S 'S OKAY – WE'RE GOG TO SHOW THE WHOLE WORLD THAT YOU N BE GAY AND MLIM."DARLASTONWALSALLLOL HUBSNEWSLATT VIOSBY DOUG WOOTTONWOLVERHAMPTON REPORTER@_DOUGWOOTTONMOST READ
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
GROOMS MARRY SAME-SEX MLIM WEDDG TO SHOW THE WORLD YOU N BE GAY AND MLIM
Gay Mlim marri the man who saved his life Uned Kgdom's first same-sex Mlim weddg. * first gay muslim couple *
“I want to say to all people gog through the same thg that’s ’s okay – we’re gog to show the whole world that you n be gay and Mlim, ” he add. The uple -- who've been together sce 2015 -- hope other gay Mlims will see their weddg and fd the urage to e out to their loved on.
They want to show the world 's possible to be gay and Mlim. "I jt hope other gay Mlims see this as well, " Choudhury told the Exprs and Star.
UK’S FIRST MARRIED GAY MLIM COUPLE FAC ACID ATTACK THREATS
The first gay Mlim uple to wed the Uned Kgdom has faced threats of acid attacks over their relatnship. * first gay muslim couple *
"And they know that they've got support om other gay people, " Rogan add. "I want to say to all people gog through the same thg that's 's okay – we're gog to show the whole world that you n be gay and Mlim.
MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
Jahed Choudhury and Sean Rogan are wily thought to be the first gay men to wed a Mlim ceremony. * first gay muslim couple *
Both Choudhury and Rogan stggled wh tellg their fai that they were gay.
FIRST GAY MLIM MARRIED UPLE REVEAL ABE SCE WEDDG
Muhs Hendricks, the ‘world’s first gay imam’ wants to help LGBTQ+ Mlims South Ai rencile their sexualy wh their fah * first gay muslim couple *
“I’ve known I was gay sce I was 6, ” Rogan said.
HISTORY’S FIRST GAY COUPLETHEY LIVED, DIED AND WERE BURIED TOGETHER AS EARLY AS 2400 B.C EGYPTKAMNA KIRTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·3 M READ·AUG 13, 2020--5SHARENIANKHKHUM AND KHNUMHOTEPSOURCE: PUBLIC DOMAWHEN EGYPTOLOGISTS DISVERED THE TOMB AT SAQQARA, EGYPT 1964, THEY WERE SURPRISED. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY TOMB THE NECROPOLIS WHERE A SAME-SEX UPLE WAS BURIED TOGETHER.WH MOST OF THE HISTORY GETTG LOST TRANSLATN, EGYPTOLOGISTS HAVE EXTRAPOLATED OM THE EVINCE THEIR TOMB THAT KHNUMHOTEP AND NIANKHKHNUM ARE HISTORY’S FIRST DOCUMENTED GAY UPL. THE CLAIM OF A FIRST RERD SAME-SEX UPLE HAS MET NSIRABLE BATE ACROSS AMIANS.HIEROGLYPHS ADORNED ACROSS THE TOMB PICT THEM AS HOLDG HANDS, FACE TO FACE WH THEIR NOS TOUCHG, EMBRACG A WAY THAT PICTS A MARRIED UPLE.THE TOMB
Gay Mlim marri the man who saved his life Uned Kgdom's first same-sex Mlim weddg. * first gay muslim couple *
” But for Choudhury, one among the mory group of openly-gay Mlim men the UK, his fay’s abily to accept his sexual orientatn stemmed om both societal and cultural taboos. Sadly, over half (61%) of Mlims Bra thk that homosexualy should be illegal, acrdg to a 2016 survey om Channel 4, a media statn the UK. Nearly half (47%) also thk that gay men should not be allowed to be teachers, pared to 14% of non-Mlim Brs who were surveyed.
THIS MAN BE THE FIRST GAY MLIM TO MARRY IN THE UK
* first gay muslim couple *
Read More: Let Love Triumph Over Fear - a Gay Mlim Shar His StoryChoudhury told the Exprs and Star that his fay is Banglashi and that he always felt like a “black sheep” his fay for not enjoyg activi like soccer.
"I want to say to all people gog through the same thg that's 's okay - we're gog to show the whole world that you n be gay and Mlim, ” Choudhury said. The Brish uple who ma headl last week for beg the first gay Mlim uple to wed the Uned Kgdom has faced threats of acid attacks over their relatnship, one of the men said this week an Choudhury, 24, was terviewed on the Brish televisn show the Victoria Derbyshire Show after a vio of his weddg to Sean Rogan, 19, went uple married at a lol registry office and upload a vio of their story to YouTube, wh Choudhury reuntg how alienated and prsed he’d been as a closeted gay man the Mlim fah until he met More: Gay Mlim Marri the Man Who Saved His Life UK's First Same-Sex Mlim WeddgBut now, Choudhury is facg threats of vlence followg his marriage to Rogan. "I've been brought up Mlim and the Koran mentns you nnot be gay and Mlim.
I will never get rid of my fah, ” he More: Let Love Triumph Over Fear — a Gay Mlim Shar His StoryIn tellg the story of his relatnship wh Rogan, Choudhury had said how much bullyg he faced as a child, cludg beg sp on, and how his fay still nsired his sexualy a “disease.
UK CELEBRAT FIRST GAY MLIM WEDDG AND THE NEWLYWEDS' MSAGE TO HATERS IS EVERYTHG
Same Sex Marriage and the Global Mlim Communy. How did the monumental Supreme Court marriage cisn affect gay Mlims? For some, not so much. In a story for the Huffgton Post, Pakistani journalist and documentarian Arooj Zahra explor the stggl of one gay Mlim uple and their fight for acceptance wh their relig muny. Zahra was the recipient of a Daniel Pearl Fellowship 2015. Established by the Daniel Pearl Foundatn and the Aled Friendly Prs Fellowships, this program aims to promote prs eedom and East-Wt unrstandg by vg journalists om the Middle East, North Ai and South Asia to work Amerin newsrooms. As part of her fellowship, Zahra worked wh the The Washgton Post and the Pulzer Center. Durg her time the natn's pal, Zahra noticed that although many journalists reported stori about the June 26, 2015 Supreme Court cisn and s effect on the gay muny, they neglected to clu the Mlim muny their piec. "I thought I should do a story on this issue," she explas. "[The] LGBT muny my untry [Pakistan]—we are a majory Islamic untry—is not as open as is the Wt. [The] Mlim voice, my opn, was missg." Zahra learned that, like many others volved U.S. relig stutns, a majory of Mlim relig lears rema firmly agast allowg same-sex marriage the fah spe the cisn to legalize gay marriage all 50 stat. Bee of the muny's negative attu toward homosexualy, Zahra had a difficult time fdg gay Mlim upl willg to talk. "Gay Mlims do not feel fortable openg up for the fear of their fai and social prsure," she said. Origally, Zahra terviewed a gay uple D.C., but they later had send thoughts about publishg their story. Eventually, Zahra met wh DC's first openly gay imam, Daiee Abdullah, who helped her fd the Floridian uple she featured. Not all Mlims oppose gay marriage, Zahra learned. When to same-sex marriage, Mlims are surprisgly tolerant, she reports. Acrdg to a Public Relign Rearch Instute survey, 42 percent of Mlims the U.S. support same-sex marriag pared to the 29 percent of Evangelil Christians who support the act. However, the receptn of gays the global Mlim muny is not as welg. As such, Zahra said her article has not been well received her home untry of Pakistan. "I am beg abed on the social media as 's a sensive topic here, but that's fe. I was expectg ," she said. "But I hope over there the U.S., people will receive well and will have a posive impact." * first gay muslim couple *
"I want to say to all people gog through the same thg that's 's OK — we're gog to show the whole world that you n be gay and Mlim, ” Choudhury said. But Imam Daayiee Abdullah – believed to be the only openly gay imam the Ameris – is proud of his story. But as a gay man Ameri, he saw that lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Mlims had unmet spirual needs and he beme an imam to provi muny support.
"Beg an openly gay imam and havg been intified as such, I do get a lot of feedback and also kickback, but that's OK, " said Imam Daayiee Abdullah, of Washgton, D. Performg funeral r for a gay Mlim who died of AIDS. But not all of them are gay.
UK'S FIRST GAY MLIM MARRIAGE COUPLE REVEAL ABE THEY HAVE RECIEVED
The Lebane-Amerin actor portrays the hband of gay superhero Phastos, played by Brian Tyree Henry, the MCU’s first openly gay uple and queer fay * first gay muslim couple *
Many worshippers at the Light of Reform Mosque are not gay.
FOR SOME GAY MLIMS, SCOTUS MARRIAGE DECISN DON'T MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE
"We're gog to show the whole world that you n be gay and Mlim." * first gay muslim couple *
"Beg an openly gay imam and havg been intified as such, I do get a lot of feedback and also kickback, but that's OK, ” he said.
'FIRST' GAY MLIM MARRIAGE HELD THE UK
The uple who got married the first ever gay Mlim weddg have been subjected to a torrent of onle abe. Jahed Choudhury, 24, and Sean Rogan, 19, tied the... * first gay muslim couple *
“If you go to most Mlim scholars, they're gog to tell you that homosexual acts are a s Islam; that there's no way around , ” said Dr. Hse Rashid, an adjunct profsor of relign at Hofstra Universy and ntributor to a report on homosexualy U. “But the tradn was and remas that homosexualy is a s Mlim tradn.
The var scholars who ntributed to the project’s report emphasized that there is no sgular terpretatn of homosexualy Islam. "I thk Daayiee is tryg to say, 'Y, I n be gay and I n be a Mlim, and I n tend to people who are also gay and Mlim, ' that this is part of their inty as a human beg and that the relign of Islam teach people to embrace all aspects of their humany, " he said.
Though is unknown how many Amerin Mlims or Mlims around the world are gay, a growg number are vyg to be heard.
COUPLE MARRIED FIRST GAY MLIM WEDDG SUBJECTED TO ONLE ABE
The film “I Am Gay and Mlim” tracks several gay Morocn men as they explore their relig and sexual inti. Last year, a gay-iendly mosque opened Paris – Europe’s first.
Muhs Hendricks, an openly gay imam Capetown, South Ai, has for years been leadg ngregants and preachg that homosexualy and Islam are not patible. Andre Carson, D-Ind., have both advoted for gay rights. Appearg on ITV's This Morng, Mr Choudhury said his fay had been supportive of his marriage but he knew that his relign would 'never accept homosexuals'.
EXPRS & STARHOMENEWSSPORTENTERTAMENTSERVICNOTIFITN SETTGSSUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR ALL NOTIFITN SOURC OM THIS ONE PLACE.NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S TOP STORI SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.SIGN ME UPNEWSALL NEWS COST OF LIVGLOL HUBSCRIMEPOLICSHEALTHBSEDUTNVOICFEATURENVIRONMENTMORE UK NEWSNOSTALGIAPROPERTYTRANSPORTMOTORSWORLD NEWSVIRAL NEWSFEED A FAYSPONSORED ARTICLFD NEWS FOR YOUR TOWNWALSALLWALSALLALDRIDGEBLOXWICHBROWNHILLSDARLASTONPELSALLSTREETLYWILLENHALLWATCH: DELIGHTED WALSALL UPLE UK'S FIRST GAY MLIM MARRIAGEBY DOUG WOOTTONDARLASTONPUBLISHED: JUL 10, 2017LAST UPDATED: JUL 10, 2017"WE'RE GOG TO SHOW THE WHOLE WORLD THAT YOU N BE GAY AND MLIM."SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICEJAHED CHOUDHURY AND SEAN ROGAN WERE MARRIED AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICETHE FIRST UK SAME-SEX MARRIAGE VOLVG A MLIM HAS TAKEN PLACE THE BLACK COUNTRY.AT A LOW-KEY CEREMONY AT WALSALL REGISTRY OFFICE, JAHED CHOUDHURY, AGED 24, OM DARLASTON, TIED THE KNOT WH HIS PARTNER SEAN ROGAN, 19.THE UPLE, WHO HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SCE 2015, WORE TRADNAL MLIM ATTIRE.IN WHAT IS SEEN AS A CULTURAL TABOO FOR MANY TRADNAL MLIMS, MR CHOUDHURY IS ONE OF ONLY A FEW OPENLY-GAY MLIM MEN AND SAYS HE WAS BULLIED AND OSTRACISED OM HIS MUNY FOR BEG HOMOSEXUAL GROWG UP.HE IS NOW LOOKG FORWARD TO A HAPPY LIFE WH MR ROGAN, WHO HE FIRST MET WHILE CRYG ON A BENCH DARLASTON.WATCH: FOOTAGE OM THE CEREMONY MR CHOUDHURY ADD: "I'D NOT LONG OVERDOSED AND I WAS CRYG ON A BENCH AND SEAN ME OVER AND ASKED IF I WAS OKAY. HE GAVE ME HOPE AT ONE OF MY LOWT POTS AND HE'S STOOD BY ME ALL THE WAY."GROWG UP WH BANGLASHI PARENTS AND THREE SIBLGS A TRADNAL MLIM HOEHOLD, MR CHOUDHURY RELLS BEG THE "BLACK SHEEP" OF THE FAY.HE ADD: "I STOOD OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB – I NEVER LIKED FOOTBALL, I PREFERRED WATCHG FASHN SHOWS ON TV. I REMEMBER FEELG TRAPPED."MR CHOUDHURY THEN WENT TO SENDARY SCHOOL – DARLASTON COMMUNY SCIENCE COLLEGE – WHERE HE CLAIMS HE WAS REPEATEDLY BULLIED.HE SAID: "IT WENT ALL OVER SCHOOL, PEOPLE WOULD SP ON ME, EMPTY THE BBISH BS ON ME, LL ME PIG AND THE MLIM PEOPLE WOULD SHOUT 'HAM' - WHICH IS A VERY NASTY SULT MY LANGUAGE."A PERD OF TRYG TO CHANGE HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN NSISTED OF HIM HAVG A GIRLIEND, CHANGG HIS SOCIAL CIRCLE, TAKG MEDITN AND EVEN GOG ON A PILGRIMAGE TO SDI ARABIA AND BANGLASH.ACRDG TO MR CHOUDHURY THE SUATN ONLY GOT WORSE – HE WAS ASSLTED BY FELLOW MLIMS THE STREET WHERE HE LIVED AND 'FAG' WAS SPRAYED ON HIS ONT DOOR.THE MOSQUE HE'D BEEN ATTENDG FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS NO LONGER ALLOWED HIM AND HE WAS PHYSILLY ATTACKED BY OTHER MLIM BOYS. FEELG OSTRACISED, MR CHOUDHURY ATTEMPTED TO KILL HIMSELF.HE ADD: "I'D BEEN VICLY ATTACKED BY MLIM BOYS, MY MOSQUE TOLD ME NON-MLIMS WERE NOT ALLOWED ."I TRIED KILLG MYSELF AND I THEN MET SEAN. THE HOG ASSOCIATN GOT A HOE A WEEK AND WE'VE BEEN LIVG TOGETHER EVER SCE. I PROPOSED ON SEAN'S BIRTHDAY LAST JUNE."MR CHOUDHURY SAYS HE HAS POST-TRMATIC STRS DISORR MEANG HE STGGL TO FACE PEOPLE ALONE AND N'T WORK.BUT NOW HE HAS TAKEN A SIGNIFINT STEP FORWARD FOR BOTH THE MLIM AND LGBT MUNI.HE ADD: "WE'RE GOG TO HAVE A BIG PARTY DARLASTON AFTERWARDS AND GO TO SPA FOR A WEEK ON HOLIDAY."THIS IS ABOUT SHOWG PEOPLE I DON'T RE, MY FAY DON'T WANT TO E ON THE DAY, THEY JT DON'T WANT TO SEE , 'S TOO EMBARRASSG FOR THEM."THEY THK 'S A DISEASE AND N BE CURED, SOME OF MY FAY STILL LL A PHASE."I WANT TO SAY TO ALL PEOPLE GOG THROUGH THE SAME THG THAT'S 'S OKAY – WE'RE GOG TO SHOW THE WHOLE WORLD THAT YOU N BE GAY AND MLIM."DARLASTONWALSALLLOL HUBSNEWSLATT VIOSBY DOUG WOOTTONWOLVERHAMPTON REPORTER@_DOUGWOOTTONMOST READ
It is not jt Mlims is anyone who is relig, homophobic. 'I know that Islam will never accept homosexuals.
'I separate my head beg gay and Mlim. 'Appearg on ITV's This Morng, Mr Choudhury said his fay had been supportive of his marriage Mr Choudhury said he knew that his relign would 'never accept homosexuals'Mr Choudhury grew up the Wt Midlands feelg ostracised by the Mlim muny bee he was gay. Jahed Choudhury, left, and Sean Rogan, right, married wearg tradnal Mlim drs a ceremony si Walsall Registry Office The happy uple, pictured, met two years ago when Mr Choudhury, right, was nsirg endg his life when he was approached by Mr Rogan, left, who spoke to him on a bench Two years later, Mr Choudhury, right, is believed to be the first Mlim man to have had a same-sex marriage Bra and feels he is proof that is okay to be both gay and a MlimThe uple wed a ceremony Walsall, both wearg tradnal Banglashi weddg cloth.
He said: 'I want to say to all people gog through the same thg that 's okay - we're gog to show the whole world that you n be gay and Mlim. 'At a low-key ceremony at Walsall registry office, Mr Choudhury om Darlaston, tied the knot tradnal Mlim attire wh his partner of two Choudhury is one of only a few openly-gay Mlim men and the first the UK to marry another man. Members of both fai attend the low-key ceremony Walsall Acrdg to Mr Choudhury the suatn only got worse - he was asslted by fellow Mlims the street where he lived and a homophobic slur was sprayed on his ont mosque he'd been attendg for the past 15 years no longer allowed him and he was physilly attacked by other Mlim boys.
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
This was the first and only tomb the necropolis where a same-sex uple was buried most of the history gettg lost translatn, Egyptologists have extrapolated om the evince their tomb that Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum are history’s first documented gay upl.
Ahed Choudhury and Sean Rogan are the public spotlight bee they are the first gay Mlim uple om Bra to hold a weddg. Choudhury hop to show the world that “’s okay to be Mlim and gay”. “For them, homosexualy is a disease and n be cured.
Choudhury wants to show that beg gay has always been his inty and tryg to ny n actually lead to prsn. We n show the world that ’s okay to be Mlim and gay, ” he asserted.