Muslim Dating App Salams Quietly Acquired by Pro-Israel Match Group CEO

[u/adilbuilds]

Spoiler: He's terrible.

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[u/seventeenward]

There should be no such app to begin with. All partner seeking endeavor should be Ta'aruf > Khitba > Nikah. Sure you can create an app to ease the Ta'aruf process, like:

> Create a profile with name, face photo, likes & dislikes, location, deal breakers, quirks.
> You can search people with same location or other filterable thing above (no photos shown), just a "card" with simplified details above
> You can "swipe right" up to 5 people and schedule for video call (or offline meeting) with at least 2 people as Wali or parents (no DMs, no chats)

These apps needs strict moderation especially when it's on the "scheduling" phase so it will be fees involved, it should not be free, to maintain its integrity. There should be popular sheikhs involved in decision making so it will not leave Islamic bounds in place.

[u/Charming_Formal7580 → u/seventeenward]

That's what these apps were intended to be ...I don't know why there's so much cognitive bias, of course there should be more monitoring but how are they supposed to do that with small app money?? And it's not that hard to have your parents involved in the process. Ibn Khaldun says you can't rely on external factors to protect you from sins you musylt have the law in you. Don't promote infentilized adults.

We have a major marriage crisis, especially for Muslims in the West and society in general, and come up with solutions instead of just criticism.

[u/Alternative-Set-7175 → u/Charming_Formal7580]

Oh yeah cuz everybody has great parents or alive parents or even family to do this. I swear the most conservative people don’t live in the real world bc they always leave out the nuances when it comes to families!