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How to get a Muslim boyfriend

I’m really attracted to Arab and Middle Eastern men and I would like to get a boyfriend from that type of ethnicity so maybe North African, Pakistani, Moroccan etc. I live in London and I’m not Muslim myself but I have recently been thinking about the potential of converting in the future also I am really in love with Muslim culture and different celebrations like Eid al fitr and the Arabic language and generally the whole culture. So how do I go about meeting these types of guys? My university does have a North African society but I’m not North African myself so would find it a bit awkward myself. I have Muslim female friends but don’t know of any young Muslim males

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bruh Muslims aren’t meant to date at all lol wtf had to do a double take reading that

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bruhh someone deleted their comment 😭pls resend

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Original post by Anonymous
bruh Muslims aren’t meant to date at all lol wtf had to do a double take reading that
ooh I see but then what about courting is that allowed or friendship to get to know someone better?

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Original post by Anonymous
ooh I see but then what about courting is that allowed or friendship to get to know someone better?

in Islam really it’s lowk not allowed for like opposite genders to talk at all really but ik ppl aren’t really that strict on that. You said u were interested in converting but I would say if you genuinely want to find a good Muslim man w faith I think you should convert and try getting your friends to set u up for marriage and inshallah u can find a good man for you

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Original post by Anonymous
I’m really attracted to Arab and Middle Eastern men and I would like to get a boyfriend from that type of ethnicity so maybe North African, Pakistani, Moroccan etc. I live in London and I’m not Muslim myself but I have recently been thinking about the potential of converting in the future also I am really in love with Muslim culture and different celebrations like Eid al fitr and the Arabic language and generally the whole culture. So how do I go about meeting these types of guys? My university does have a North African society but I’m not North African myself so would find it a bit awkward myself. I have Muslim female friends but don’t know of any young Muslim males

Your best bet would be to meet someone at uni by the sounds of it or maybe meet someone through one of your female muslim friends. You said you were considering converting to islam in the future so if you were to then you would find it easier to find muslim guys because as the other person on here said we (I'm also a muslim guy) don't date due to religious reasons so when you are getting to know someone for marriage a mahrem has to be present so in your case a mahrem would have to be like the guys mum or sister. So yh if you were to become muslim then it would be a lot easier since you could go to the mosque and meet people who have brothers or sons your age or just in general the community would know you're interested in getting married. But ofc no one can force you to convert so considering your current circumstance your best bet would just be trying to meet a guy at uni. I hope that helps and if you have any more questions feel free to ask

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Original post by Anonymous
in Islam really it’s lowk not allowed for like opposite genders to talk at all really but ik ppl aren’t really that strict on that. You said u were interested in converting but I would say if you genuinely want to find a good Muslim man w faith I think you should convert and try getting your friends to set u up for marriage and inshallah u can find a good man for you

Yh that's another good point that some people aren't as strict so you might get away with being friends with them first and so on to get to know them better

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Original post by Anonymous
Yh that's another good point that some people aren't as strict so you might get away with being friends with them first and so on to get to know them better

yhhh but if ur like actually genuinely considering conversion to Islam don’t do this js get married pls

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Original post by Anonymous
in Islam really it’s lowk not allowed for like opposite genders to talk at all really but ik ppl aren’t really that strict on that. You said u were interested in converting but I would say if you genuinely want to find a good Muslim man w faith I think you should convert and try getting your friends to set u up for marriage and inshallah u can find a good man for you
I am really interested in Islam and I started learning Arabic a few days ago. How do I open up to my Muslim female friends about wanting to date a good Muslim man like I’m worried they will think I’m culturally appropriating etc but I have opened up to them that I am interested in the Islamic faith and culture. I’ve also had many positive relations with Muslim people coincidentally since coming to uni and also during through sixth form

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Original post by Anonymous
Your best bet would be to meet someone at uni by the sounds of it or maybe meet someone through one of your female muslim friends. You said you were considering converting to islam in the future so if you were to then you would find it easier to find muslim guys because as the other person on here said we (I'm also a muslim guy) don't date due to religious reasons so when you are getting to know someone for marriage a mahrem has to be present so in your case a mahrem would have to be like the guys mum or sister. So yh if you were to become muslim then it would be a lot easier since you could go to the mosque and meet people who have brothers or sons your age or just in general the community would know you're interested in getting married. But ofc no one can force you to convert so considering your current circumstance your best bet would just be trying to meet a guy at uni. I hope that helps and if you have any more questions feel free to ask
Yes I think I’ll just have to open up to my Muslim friends and maybe ask them questions about how they plan on meeting someone because also I know a look of women who come from desi families have pre arranged marriages. Ah okay that makes a lot of sense now. So can the mahrem be the boys father or the leader of the mosque that you attend or does it have to be a female relative that recommends him to you for marriage?

also sorry to be asking so many questions but how would I go about approaching a Muslim guy I see/ know of in uni? bc atm I don’t really know any and my course is females mostly ( I’m studying education)

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Original post by Anonymous
Yh that's another good point that some people aren't as strict so you might get away with being friends with them first and so on to get to know them better

yh I know of a few Muslim girls in uni though who may be seen to be ‘haram’ excuse me if this sounds offensive to anyone but what I mean is like they dress in short dresses and used to go clubbing out with guys and stuff so I know that some people aren’t as strict but having said that idk what their prospects of marriage will be with all that activity

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Original post by Anonymous
I am really interested in Islam and I started learning Arabic a few days ago. How do I open up to my Muslim female friends about wanting to date a good Muslim man like I’m worried they will think I’m culturally appropriating etc but I have opened up to them that I am interested in the Islamic faith and culture. I’ve also had many positive relations with Muslim people coincidentally since coming to uni and also during through sixth form

Well I'd say first start of by reminding them that you're considering becoming Muslim and then tell them you're interested in finding a Muslim guy and see what they say and how they react. I doubt they'll throw the cultural appropriation card at you since yk you're interested in Islam

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Original post by Anonymous
Yes I think I’ll just have to open up to my Muslim friends and maybe ask them questions about how they plan on meeting someone because also I know a look of women who come from desi families have pre arranged marriages. Ah okay that makes a lot of sense now. So can the mahrem be the boys father or the leader of the mosque that you attend or does it have to be a female relative that recommends him to you for marriage?
also sorry to be asking so many questions but how would I go about approaching a Muslim guy I see/ know of in uni? bc atm I don’t really know any and my course is females mostly ( I’m studying education)

First of all, no need to apologise for asking so feel free to ask as many questions as you want. As for what you said, yes ask your muslim friends how they are going to go about it and yh desi families tend to do arranged marriages (which is completely different to forced marriages since some people get that confused). So a mahrem is a person that you can't get married to and it'll be easier to explain with an example so like your parents and siblings are your mahrems and so are people of the same gender as you. So the reason I said his sister or mother was because she'd be his mahrem and also yours whereas if it was his father then it would be his mahrem but a non-mahrem to you. If you want i can give you a full list of who is a mahrem to you. If you see a guy in uni then I guess just talk to him? Idk how halal that is so let me get back to you on that one 😭 but for now I guess just talk to them.

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Original post by Anonymous
yh I know of a few Muslim girls in uni though who may be seen to be ‘haram’ excuse me if this sounds offensive to anyone but what I mean is like they dress in short dresses and used to go clubbing out with guys and stuff so I know that some people aren’t as strict but having said that idk what their prospects of marriage will be with all that activity

yh and the end of the day everyone has free will and everyone sins so yh that's just their sins I guess but ofc that doesn't justify it

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