UK’s First Married Gay Mlim Couple Fac Acid Attack Threats

Contents:

• UK CELEBRAT FIRST GAY MLIM WEDDG AND THE NEWLYWEDS' MSAGE TO HATERS IS EVERYTHG
• UK’S FIRST MARRIED GAY MLIM COUPLE FAC ACID ATTACK THREATS
• GROOMS MARRY SAME-SEX MLIM WEDDG TO SHOW THE WORLD YOU N BE GAY AND MLIM
• FIRST GAY MLIM WEDDG TAK PLACE THE UK
• CAN A MLIM ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?
• BRISH GAY MLIMS SEEK ISLAMIC WEDDGS

UK CELEBRAT FIRST GAY MLIM WEDDG AND THE NEWLYWEDS' MSAGE TO HATERS IS EVERYTHG

Both Choudhury and Rogan stggled wh tellg their fai that they were gay. “I’ve known I was gay sce I was 6, ” Rogan said. ” 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.

UK’S FIRST MARRIED GAY MLIM COUPLE FAC ACID ATTACK THREATS

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. 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.

“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. Get the ee Morng Headl email for news om our reporters across the worldSign up to our ee Morng Headl emailA newly married uple are hopg “to show the whole world that you n be gay and Mlim” after their weddg the Wt Choudhury and Sean Rogan married Walsall, one of the UK’s first same-sex marriag volvg a Mlim partner. “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.

GROOMS MARRY SAME-SEX MLIM WEDDG TO SHOW THE WORLD YOU N BE GAY AND MLIM

“Beg gay’s not wrong, ’s not ‘a phase’, ” he add.

Choudhury is thought to be one of the first openly-gay Mlim men the UK to marry another pair – who have been together for two years – met after Choudhury had taken an overdose and Rogan approached him to check if he was okay. Followg their nuptials, the uple – who plan to celebrate their weddg wh a big party and a week's holiday Spa – admted they want their unn to help people unrstand that homosexualy isn't a phase, and to enurage other gay men and women to accept who they are, no matter what their relig affiliatn.

FIRST GAY MLIM WEDDG TAK PLACE THE UK

RexChowdhury, who adms he suffers om post-trmatic strs disorr as a rult of discrimatn and abe for beg gay, said: 'This is about showg people I don't re. '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, ' he add. 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. "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.

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.

CAN A MLIM ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?

"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.

“While we unrstand the tratns of the CEMB wh regard to the perceived stance of mastream Mlims on homosexualy, Imaan feels that the banners that the group marched wh serve only to epen divisns between muni. Imaan noted that the east London Mosque which was sgled out by the CEMB s prott had reacted wh posive ments agast homophobia – assertg that Islam do not promote hatred or homophobia and that the mosque had mounted mpaigns to to nmn ‘gay-hate’ stickers Tower Hamlets. “We’d like to formally ve east London mosque to a meetg to discs ways which together we n bat the surge of gay-phobia, lbian-phobia, bi-phobia and transphobia – perhaps at a jot event for Eid al Adha at east London Mosque.

BRISH GAY MLIMS SEEK ISLAMIC WEDDGS

8pm Saturday 24th June – The Big Gay Iftar partnership wh Pri London at St. He wr extensively the media about beg a gay Mlim, most recently the Guardian. Earlier this year he anised the big gay iftaar, which was featured on Channel 4.

Imaan was found London 1999 to addrs the needs of Mlims who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. After Orlando, we have seen so much homophobia and Islamaphobia, and is important for to e together and stand uned as one muny.