MAIL ONLINE: The younger brother of Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has converted to Islam to allow him to marry a beautiful Bangladeshi-born plastic surgeon he met at university.
Adam Osborne, 33, who was temporarily banned from working as a junior doctor last year following allegations that he prescribed drugs to a friend, 'quietly married' Rahala Noor, 31, in two ceremonies held during the past six weeks. One was a civil ceremony, the other a traditional Asian Muslim celebration.
Dr Osborne's religious conversion is said to have been a condition put forward by Dr Noor's devoutly Muslim family for the marriage to take place.
He spent several months learning the teachings of the Koran at a mosque in Withington, in Manchester, before being formally welcomed into the faith at a simple ceremony last month.
Dr Osborne has adopted the name Mohammed*, plans to attend mosque regularly and now prays five times a day. George Osborne's brother becomes a Muslim to marry his love of 14 years >>> Angella Johnson | Sunday, December 06, 2009
*Didn’t Mohammed know that his original name, Adam, is also Islamic? According to Muslims, Adam was a prophet of Islam; therefore a change of name was simply not necessary. – Mark
DAILY EXPRESS: George Osborne’s Brother Converts to Islam >>> Lianne Kolirin | Monday, December 07, 2009
