Why does love cause so much consternation in this world? Why can’t a man and woman who love each other simply be allowed to exist? Why do family and society align themselves into opposing them, why do councils and courts get dragged into the matter, why are fatwas, feuds and killings unleashed to stop them? Would it not be simpler to let lovers bear the consequences of their love, let society go on with its business and let them get on with theirs?

