Matthew Kazuaki Asada and Bilal Ahsan Qureshi were married April 17 at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington. The Rev. Roger Gench, a Presbyterian minister, performed a ceremony with Christian and Muslim traditions, with the Rev. Alice Tewell, also a Presbyterian minister, taking part. On April 20, the couple exchanged rings in another interfaith ceremony at the Mughal Pavilion in the South Asian Galleries of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond.
Mr. Asada, (left), 38, is a United States Foreign Service officer for the State Department in Washington. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and received a master’s degree in European politics and policy from the London School of Economics.
He is the son of Paula R. Gipp of Pinecliffe, Colo., and Col. Michael K. Asada of Cherry Hill, N.J.
Mr. Qureshi, 36, works in Washington as a journalist for NPR and a culture writer. His work has appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post. He graduated with high distinction from the University of Virginia and received a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Columbia.
He is the son of Ahsan Qureshi of Mechanicsville, Va., and the late Bushra Qureshi.
The couple met in 2010 in Washington.
