Muslim Lifestyle

Marriage

Issue 17 February 2006

Basit and Shabana
On the face of it they would not seem to have much in common, he’s a Londoner, she’s from Bradford; he’s an Islamic Financial Advisor, she’s a speech therapist; he’s from Lahore, she’s Mirpuri; he’s a giant, she’s petite; yet it was the fact that they were so alike in their personalities that drew them together even though neither of them was looking to get married.