The first gay Muslim wedding was just celebrated in the UK

Jahed Choudhury, 24, in his growing years remembers being excluded for his sexuality. Born and brought up in a traditional Bangladeshi Muslim family that views being gay as taboo, he remembers always being the "black sheep." 
He was barred from his mosque, and other Muslim boys bullied him and spray painted "fag" on his front door. He was even forced to go on a spiritual pilgrimage.

"I stood out like a sore thumb — I never liked football, I preferred watching fashion shows on TV. I remember feeling trapped," he said, reports The Telegraph U.K. 

"It went all over school, people would spit on me, empty the rubbish bins on me, call me a pig and the Muslim people would shout 'haraam' — which is a very nasty insult in my language."

The circumstances grew so bad that he once attempted to kill himself. He was weeping on a bench in his town of Darlaston, U.K., when Sean Rogan, now 19, approached him. "I was crying on a bench and Sean came over and asked if I was okay. He gave me hope, at one of my lowest points and he's stood by me all the way," Choudhury said.

Rogan and Choudhury lately became the first same-sex couple in the U.K. to wed in a Muslim ceremony. Their wedding was held at the Walsall registry office, and they wore traditional Muslim attire.

England and Wales legalised same-sex marriage in 2014, with Ireland following suit in 2015. Spain legalised it back in 2005, and France in 2013. Germany recently became the latest country where love wins.

The couple said they want their wedding to help open minds. "It's not wrong...and it's not a phase...I've known I was gay since I was 6, but I never came out to my parents 'till I was 16," Rogan explained in the video below.

Choudhury, who says he has post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the years of hatred and vituperation, says he hopes their wedding will help normalise being a gay Muslim.

"This is about showing people I don't care. My family...think it's a disease and can be cured, some of my family still call it a phase," said Choudhury. "I want to say to all people going through the same thing that it's okay — we're going to show the whole world that you can be gay and Muslim."

Watch this video below to see their holy matrimony: 

We think they make a wonderful couple and here is hoping a happy married life to the two of them! What do you guys think? Comment below and let us know.