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• AFTER ONE OF BRA'S FIRST GAY MLIM MARRIAG, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT 'S ACTUALLY LIKE TO BE A GAY MLIM
• MLIMS MAND GAY MARRIAGE EXEMPTN
• BRISH GAY MLIMS SEEK ISLAMIC WEDDGS
• GAY MARRIAGE: MLIM LEARS SEEKS SAME EXEMPTN AS CHURCH
• GROOMS MARRY SAME-SEX MLIM WEDDG TO SHOW THE WORLD YOU N BE GAY AND MLIM
• BRA'S FIRST MLIM GAY WEDDG AS MAN WHO TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF OVER SEXUALY TI KNOT
• BRA SE FIRST MLIM GAY WEDDG AS MAN TI KNOT
• MLIMS WHO STRONGLY FAVOR OR FAVOR GAY MARRIAGE
• EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI
• GAY MARRIAG BRA'S MLIM MUNY 'THRIVG', ISLAMIC DRAG QUEEN REVEALS
• AS A GAY BRISH MLIM, THIS IS WHAT I THK OF THE POLL FDG OVER HALF OF UK MLIMS WANT HOMOSEXUALY BANNED

AFTER ONE OF BRA'S FIRST GAY MLIM MARRIAG, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT 'S ACTUALLY LIKE TO BE A GAY MLIM

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.

MLIMS MAND GAY MARRIAGE EXEMPTN

Jahed Choudhury, 24 – who intifi as both gay and Mlim – married his partner an Islamic ceremony, even though his fay refed to attend.

Homosexual sire was of urse a one-way-exprs ticket to fiery if I, like Choudhury, ceremonially married a man, would not see my fay there. When my parents disvered I was gay – through pornography no ls – they were distrght, our relatnship fell apart, and they did everythg they uld to "stop . But this felt much more to do wh their cultural associatn wh Islam – their fear of what relativ would thk – rather than anythg to do wh Islamic argue that to be gay and Mlim is an utter irrencilabily – “no Mlim is gay” was a remark I saw on Twter today.

Homosexualy has hardly been a walk the park for Catholics, and same-sex marriage is still illegal Northern Ireland (the DUP-aln suggts the Tori don’t much seem to re).

BRISH GAY MLIMS SEEK ISLAMIC WEDDGS

Mlim lears have mand the same legal exemptns as the Church of England legislatn to troduce gay Mlim Council of Bra (MCB), wh more than 500 affiliated mosqu, chari and schools, said was "appalled" by "utterly discrimatory" legislatn on same-sex marriage set out by the proposals would allow fah groups to nduct gay marriag but would ban the CofE and the Church Wal om dog MCB secretary-general, Farooq Murad, said his anisatn had strongly opposed gay marriage alongsi other religns and was seekg an urgent meetg wh culture secretary, Maria Miller, to exprs the ncerns of many Mlims over the proposals. "The cricism om the MCB after the CofE last week attacked the ernment's lack of nsultatn over s gay marriage plans, sayg senr eccliastil figur learned of them only when Miller announced them to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport said would have been "appropriate" to discs the fe prt of s plans before tellg told the Hoe of Commons she was puttg place a "quadple lock" of measur to guarantee relig anisatns would not be forced to marry same-sex upl.

GAY MARRIAGE: MLIM LEARS SEEKS SAME EXEMPTN AS CHURCH

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

Image ptn, Like many gay people, Brish gay Mlims are pursug marriageBrish gay Mlims are jog the global fight for equaly and seekg gay Islamic marriage. The gay uple, who are also Mlim, are one of a growg number of gay, Brish Mlims who have cemented their relatnship wh marriage - Islamic marriage. Whilst nikahs have tradnally been the rerve of heterosexual Mlims, Asra and Sarah were aware that other gay Mlims had followed this route and the uple cid to vtigate further.

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

Image ptn, There is growg visibily of gay Mlims Bra, although not all are nfint about g outBut the Islamic fah vehemently rejects homosexualy, and the fact this nikah was for a gay uple is highly offensive to the majory of Mlims - cludg Asra's own parents. "Gay Mlim voicSarah and Asra know their marriage is unorthodox, and the ia of a gay nikah would be rejected by the majory of Mlim scholars, but Sarah says is nobody's bs.

"However, there is a small but growg voice wh the Mlim muny reprentg gay people, wh the emergence of Brish gay Mlim support groups such as Imaan and Saa Project. "There was an ocsn at gay pri once where one of the marchers turned around and que cly said 'we didn't know pri was allowg suici bombers on the march' - was really shockg to hear om a fellow gay marcher.

"I thk there's a ep-rooted assumptn the secular queer muny that you n't be gay and believe anythg, apart om yourself or materialism. "Acceptance Misters have pledged greater equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people, but said no relig group would be forced to host the Church of England has said will not do so. Image ptn, The Mlim Council of Bra is seekg an urgent meetg wh the culture secretaryMlim lears have lled for the same legal exemptns as the Church of England gay marriage Mlim Council of Bra said was "appalled" by the ernment's "utterly discrimatory" would allow fah groups to nduct gay marriag but ban the Church of England and the Church Wal om dog to allow same-sex marriage are due to be troduced before the next electn, due secretary-general Farooq Murad said his anisatn had strongly opposed gay marriage alongsi other said he was seekg an urgent meetg wh Culture Secretary Maria Miller to exprs the ncerns of the Mlim muny over the proposals.

BRA'S FIRST MLIM GAY WEDDG AS MAN WHO TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF OVER SEXUALY TI KNOT

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 believed to be the first the UK to marry another man. Brish Mlims are more likely to feel a stronger nnectn to Bra than the populatn at large, acrdg to pollg, which also found that more than half thk that homosexualy should be illegal. Extensive pollg nducted by ICM suggts that most s attus held by the Brish Mlim populatn do not broadly differ om those held by the populatn at large, but there are signifint differenc when to some issu such as homosexualy and women’s Phillips, the former head of the Equaly and Human Rights Commissn, said the fdgs were “extremely worryg” as they suggted on many issu Mlims were “natn wh a natn” lled for a more “mcular approach” to rearch suggts that 86% of Brish Mlims feel a strong sense of belongg Bra, which is higher than the natnal average of 83%.

However, when asked to what extent they agreed or disagreed that homosexualy should be legal Bra, 18% said they agreed and 52% said they disagreed, pared wh 5% among the public at large who disagreed. Almost half (47%) said they did not agree that was acceptable for a gay person to bee a teacher, pared wh 14% of the general a seri of qutns on the terror threat Bra, 4% said they sympathised wh people who took part suici bombgs (1% said they pletely sympathised and 3% said they sympathised to some extent), and 4% said they sympathised wh people who mted terrorist actns as a form of polil prott a quarter (23%) supported the troductn of sharia law some areas of Bra, and 39% agreed that “wiv should always obey their hbands”, pared wh 5% of the untry as a whole.

She said that although any prejudice agast gay people was unacceptable, the fact that nearly 50% of Mlims did not thk homosexualy should be illegal was a sign that attus were shiftg. (Source: Screen grab om Exprs and Star News vio)In what is beg termed as a first by the Brish media, a Mlim gay man married his partner of two years a same-sex marriage.

BRA SE FIRST MLIM GAY WEDDG AS MAN TI KNOT

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MLIMS WHO STRONGLY FAVOR OR FAVOR GAY MARRIAGE

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EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI

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GAY MARRIAG BRA'S MLIM MUNY 'THRIVG', ISLAMIC DRAG QUEEN REVEALS

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AS A GAY BRISH MLIM, THIS IS WHAT I THK OF THE POLL FDG OVER HALF OF UK MLIMS WANT HOMOSEXUALY BANNED

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