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'You have to prove your faith when you're dating as a black Muslim'
BBC ^ | 28 October 2021 | Manish Pandey and Nalini Sivathasan

Posted on 10/29/2021 1:49:18 AM PDT by Cronos

"I've had people say you're a great guy, perfect for my sister but you're black. And I feel like… woah."

For Kha'llum Shabbaz, his race has caused issues dating as a Muslim in the UK.

"On one side when it comes to religion, you're Muslim but black. But on the other side, when it comes to culture, you're black or you're Muslim. So where do you win?" the 28-year-old tells Radio 1 Newsbeat

Kha'llum, from Birmingham, England, senses the tension when it's time to meet a family member of someone he likes.

And his experiences mean he's starting to second guess whether he should look for someone outside of his race.

And he's not alone.

A survey of over 400 users by Muzmatch, one of the world's biggest Muslim dating apps, has found 74% of its black members felt that race affected the matches they got.

...her ex-husband's family caused issues because they were "not happy with the fact he married a black woman, but I couldn't hide that I was black".

..."You don't see a lot of black Muslims leading classes, as imams."

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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So even among the Muslims (in the UK) there is race discrimination.
1 posted on 10/29/2021 1:49:18 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

What woman in her right mind would EVER “date” a muzzie?


2 posted on 10/29/2021 2:19:33 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (Traitor Joe is NOT my president)
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To: Cronos

welcome to middleeastern racism, brits


3 posted on 10/29/2021 2:25:10 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: Baldwin77

4 posted on 10/29/2021 2:26:05 AM PDT by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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To: Baldwin77
What woman in her right mind would EVER “date” a muzzie?

Our housekeeper, a real sweetheart, is Muslim but she never dresses the part. She once started telling me about how numbers like 3, 5 and 7 are very important in her religion so I asked her if she would mind being someone's 7th wife or having to walk 3 steps behind him at all times. She said not a chance but that's easy to say when she's in Spain and not Saudi Arabia.

5 posted on 10/29/2021 2:52:36 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Cronos

Here in the US I suspect most “black Muslims” don’t speak Arabic - so they can’t lead as Imams (can’t read the Koran). It is not allowed to translate the Koran into English.


6 posted on 10/29/2021 4:02:33 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Cronos

islam is a scourge upon the Earth and must be expunged.


7 posted on 10/29/2021 4:17:31 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: Baldwin77

These are Muslims dating muslims


8 posted on 10/29/2021 4:28:03 AM PDT by Cronos ( One cannot desire freedom from the Cross, especially when one is especially chosen for the cross)
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To: kearnyirish2

“black Muslims” in the USA especially nation of Islam are not considered Muslims per se by other Muslims. Malcolm X converted from NoI to Islam


9 posted on 10/29/2021 4:48:48 AM PDT by Cronos ( One cannot desire freedom from the Cross, especially when one is especially chosen for the cross)
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To: kearnyirish2

The Koran (Quran) has been translated into English many times.


10 posted on 10/29/2021 5:31:10 AM PDT by roninoronoco
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To: Cronos

“Dating a muz” is a euphemism for “having sex with a muz.”

There are many manifestations of self-loathing and insanity. This is but another.


11 posted on 10/29/2021 5:56:43 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Buy a Let's Go Brandon! sticker. Show your disdain for the decrepit old fool in the White House.)
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To: Cronos

Again, what woman in her right mind would ever date a Muslim? That includes muslim women.


12 posted on 10/29/2021 6:37:29 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (Traitor Joe is NOT my president)
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To: Baldwin77

In fact, ESPECIALLY, muslim women. They, of all women in the world, should know better.


13 posted on 10/29/2021 6:40:12 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (Traitor Joe is NOT my president)
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To: Cronos

“So even among the Muslims (in the UK) there is race discrimination.”

Arab Muslims look upon black Muslims as people they used to deal in as slave traders.


14 posted on 10/29/2021 6:43:54 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: roninoronoco

It has been translated but imams insist it can’t be translated because the “words of Allah” could lose meaning. Arabic (at least in terms of religious instruction/interpretation) is a common thread of Islam everywhere.


15 posted on 10/30/2021 5:01:33 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Cronos

Yes, “black Islam” in the US is a political and social movement - nothing more.


16 posted on 10/30/2021 5:02:20 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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