The first ever gay Muslim wedding has taken place in the United Kingdom.
Twenty - four - year- old Jahed Choudhury and 19 - year- old Sean Rogan tied the knot in Walsall registry office in traditional Muslim attire.
The pair, who’ve been together for two years , first met when Choudhury was crying on a bench in Darlaston .
He told Express and Star : “I ’d not long overdosed and I was crying on a bench and Sean came over and asked if I was okay.”
Adding that Sean gave him hope at his lowest point and has stood by him ever since.
Choudhury said that being an openly - gay Muslim made him feel like something of a ‘black sheep’ and that he ‘stood out like a sore thumb ’ and often felt trapped between his sexuality and faith.
He tried to deny his orientation and even tried taking medication and a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh.
Although his family were’t present for the ceremony, Choudhury believes the wedding is significant progress for the Muslim and LGBT communities alike.
He added : “My family doesn’t want to come on the day, they just don ’t want to see it , it’s too embarrassing for them.”
Choudhury says that some of his family members dismiss his sexuality and happy relationship with Sean as a ‘disease’ or a phase.
He added: “I want to say to all people going through the same thing that’s it’s okay – we ’re going to show the whole world that you can be gay and Muslim.”
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