5LI: Gay Muslim Marriage 20 FEB 2011




5 live Investigates show

Summary: Gay Muslim couples seek equal rights by having their union blessed by Islam. Controversial? Just a bit. Most mosques vehemently reject homosexuality but 5 live speaks to one pioneeting couple who have challenged convention by having a Nikah - a Muslim marriage contract. Also: One angry listener tells about exhorbitant residential service charges which saw him paying £74 to have a lightbulb changed. And as hundreds of protestors are shot in Libya, one woman tells the story of how her father was assassinated by Colonel Gaddafi's henchmen in London.