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Last summer, she brought together a team of models, photographers, videographers and strategists to document what those problems look like for these women. Even making oneself available for marriage in an Islamic culture where dating is not part of the lexicon is an enormous challenge. Men's and women's sections are divided so it's not physically possible to mingle. Usually, Muslims don't do speed dating, but that group did it because they know how bad it is out there. According to a Religious Landscape Study by the Pew Forum, Muslims score the highest at 45 percent—among 12 American religious traditions—in terms of never-married members. They are fourth from the bottom after religious "nones," Buddhists and Protestants in majority-Black denominations in terms of married adherents, at 41 percent. Muslim men outnumber women by 55 percent to 45 percent, according to Pew, which ordinarily would make marriage a buyer's choice bonanza for Muslim women. But it's not. It's complicated. Islam allows men to marry outside the religion, but not its women, which narrows the latter's choices considerably.

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This week we speak to Shahzad Younas, founder and chief executive of Muslim dating website and app Muzmatch. It was two years ago, and the then year-old British entrepreneur was in San Francisco pitching London-based Muzmatch to a group of high profile potential investors. He opened his address to the room by saying: "Muslims don't date, we marry. Shahzad and his business partner Ryan Brodie were there because they had entered a global competition to win backing from prestigious Silicon Valley investment firm Y Combinator. This US company offers financial and practical support to a number of new start-ups per year.

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London, United Kingdom — Arzo Kazmi has been looking for a husband for some time. But eight years of matchmakers, mutual friends, and dating websites have been futile in finding that special someone. For the past four weeks, she has been using Muzmatch, a smartphone app for Muslims to meet potential marriage partners. But unlike well-established dating apps, such as Tinder and Hinge, Muzmatch specifically caters to Muslims searching for a spouse — giving young Muslims greater influence in finding the right mate.

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Islam is the second-largest religion in the United Kingdom , with results from the Census recording just under four million Muslims, or 6. During the Middle Ages , there was some general cultural exchange between Christendom and the Islamic world. During the Elizabethan age , contacts became more explicit as the Tudors made alliances against Catholic Habsburg Spain , including with Morocco and the Ottoman Empire. As the British Empire grew, particularly in India , Britain came to rule territories with many Muslim inhabitants; some of these, known as the lascars , are known to have settled in Britain from the midth century onwards.

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