A newscast by the BBC suggested that British Muslim men brought almost 12’000 Muslima women into the UK from Pakistan, India, Africa, Iran, Arabia and other Eastern countries in 2009 (National Statistics, 2009). This suggested that Single Muslim males were returning ‘home’ in search of a partner as opposed to finding themselves a spouse from the UK for Muslim marriage.

In the wake of this however, there seems to be a massive demand for Muslim singles websites, which is apparent by performing a quick Google search online. The popular terms ‘Islamic marriage’, ‘Muslim matrimonial’, ‘single Muslim’ or ‘Muslim singles’ return over 24 million results per search, with companies such ourselves (MuslimAndSingle.com) featuring regularly.

BBC news reporter Robert Piggot, observed a Muslim singles event and described the attendees as ‘westernised and attractive’, he also mentioned that the event was of a ‘relaxed and friendly’ atmosphere. “

“Our vision when creating this site was to consider what British Muslims felt that they were missing from other Muslim Qiran sites” says Sonia Hashmi, Business Development leader, MuslimAndSingle.com. She further explained that it was the fact that people couldn’t meet ‘like minded Muslims’ that easily on other Muslim Zawaj websites that drove the creation of the site. “When designing the site, we looked at all of the other solutions on the market and realised that one thing stood out; none of the websites were focussed solely on British single Muslims. Their databases seemed to be diluted with people from all over the world”. Additionally, Sonia explained that their service wasn’t solely restricted to the online Muslims, as they have now arranged a serries of Muslim matrimonial events to allow for those people who would like to meet offline.  “Muslim dating is something that we endeavour to stray away from, because being Muslim ourselves we understand that ‘dating’ can be a sensitive issue. That’s why we focus on what we call Matchmaking events, with a series of ‘mini introductions’ (similar to speed dating). The idea behind our philosophy is to allow single Muslims a place where they can meet and interact with other Single British Muslims so hopefully and Inshallah (god willing), they can start their journey towards love and marriage”.

Imaam Ajmal Masroor of London recently echoed Sonia’s sentiments about allowing British Single Muslims to complete half your deen and interact, by stating that UK Muslim men should focus on creating relationships within Britain when searching for a potential wife. ‘Muslim men should look within their own community’.

We hope all of our new and existing members agree with Imaam Ajmal Masoor and begin their journey towards love and happiness using our service, Inshallah.