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By Esther Bridget Nakalya<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isaac, a media personality met his wife Hajara on a local TV programme for the single and searching. In the beginning, the two say, they were uncomfortable with each other.
\n\u201cMy husband was a media personality and I, a conservative Muslim girl. I was clear on my demands in a lover but he still reached out yet he was not a Muslim,\u201d Hajara recalls.
\nIsaac, on the other hand was smitten.<\/p>\n

\u201cHajara is attractive, but I was concerned about why she would be searching for a lover in the media. I contacted her and we started dating but she was so worried about her parents\u2019 reaction to our relationship,\u201d Isaac recollects.
\nHajara\u2019s parents were unhappy with her choice of spouse.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the parental opposition, we settled for a civil marriage and continued preparations with a few friends and family. We also discussed where to pray from and which religion the children had to follow,\u201d they share.
\nThe Covenant of Muhammad is a treaty between Muslims and Christians in the Islamic law permits spouses married to Muslims, from different religious backgrounds to attend churches and prayers.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy husband allows me to go to the mosque and whenever I am fasting, my family understands and creates space for me to isolate in prayer,\u201d says Hajara, adding, \u201cWe decided to raise our children as Christians.\u201d
\nHajara and Isaac encourage couples in inter-faith marriages that love beats odds. We find out how such couples thrive, from how they reach a middle ground; in their prayer lives, and making decisions for their children.<\/p>\n

Martin and Sandra Ssebugwawo\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Martin says he met his wife at the Coffee Terrace during a live band performance at Grand Imperial Hotel.
\n\u201cI was intrigued! I had to look Sandra up on Facebook from where I got her contact, and we started chatting and dating a few months later,\u201d Martin reveals.<\/p>\n

Martin was raised by staunch Catholic parents, he was sure to attend school and church which were under the leadership roles of his father. Everything spoke to their deep-rootedness in religion.
\nSandra on the other hand, was raised in a staunch Pentecostal home.
\n\u201cDuring courtship, we noticed our religious differences and were worried about it. My parents were concerned and thought I would convert but I convinced them that I would keep the same virtues they passed on to me,\u201d Sandra recounts.<\/p>\n

They expressed their fears to each other and discussed how to deal with the differences.
\n\u201cI explained to Martin why I could not convert to his religion and we reached an agreement to respect each other\u2019s religions. However, I still had to attend premarital counselling classes and baptism at Martin\u2019s church,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

She confesses to have been uncomfortable with the Catholic lessons but love reigned. Click to read more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Esther Bridget Nakalya Isaac, a media personality met his wife Hajara on a local TV programme for the single and searching. In the beginning, the two say, they were uncomfortable with each other. \u201cMy husband was a media personality and I, a conservative Muslim girl. I was clear on my demands in a lover […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1785],"class_list":["post-22732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice"],"authors":[{"term_id":1785,"user_id":3,"is_guest":0,"slug":"enantambi","display_name":"Esther Nantambi","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b1fa0f938f32d805446562e1bb7c32da6a6c7e51bd320fd89d4ba0819146b78d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"Esther","last_name":"Nantambi","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22732"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22737,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22732\/revisions\/22737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22732"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=22732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}