Review of Muslima.com: the Answer to How Muslims Date Today
Overview
Muslima.com is a dating site similar to other dating sites of its nature. It operates in a fashion to make matches between people of similar backgrounds. However, Muslima.com exists within a specific niche within the dating world, one shared with dating sites such as eHarmony and Christian Single. It is a dating site working within the religion niche, specifically Islam. Thus Muslima.com’s target audience is people of the Islamic faith.
Muslima.com’s matching criteria are much more selective than the typical dating site. Given the target audience, one specific religion, though denominations of other religions are allowed as long as they are willing to convert to Islam somewhere down the road, the matching algorithm for Muslima is very specific. It has a larger audience than some other niche dating sites, operating in the low millions. Still, this audience is very particular, as the nature of Islam itself is very particular. It still works as an average dating site, with chats, and even video and voice messages, features less strict niches even do not have, and does this in the service of matching Muslims together from across the world. It does this as part of the Cupid Media network, a network of 30 dating sites all serving a particular niche within the dating world. This one just happens to be one of the strictest of them all.
Signing Up
Signing up for Muslima is a fairly easy process, done through a desktop version or the mobile app. A user can sign up by using Facebook, which makes the process simple and streamlined as photos, videos, and other information can be imported from Facebook to the user’s profile. The user can also elect to follow the standard procedure for signing up for most dating sites, by providing a username, preferably an actual first name to start off the matching process strong, a password for the account, gender and age of the user. The site also gives the user the option to list religion and religious preference. Though Muslima was designed to serve a Muslim clientele, other religions are not barred. Other religions just need to be aware that the majority of matches will be Muslim, and the faith generally requires conversion to Islam for marriages, which is the ultimate goal of the site.
Unlike many other dating sites, Muslima does not have an extensive personality test. It is believed and advertised that the information provided for the user’s profile, which is extensive on its own, is enough to determine the user’s personality. To fill its place during the registration process, however, is the need to verify one’s own identity. Unlike other dating sites, identity verification is quite strict with Muslima. It wants to confirm the location of its users as it primarily has its audience in Muslim countries. It also wants to confirm the religion of said user, reinforcing the idea that Muslima takes being Muslim seriously when applying its matching algorithm.
Once a user has been verified as an actual person, and perhaps an actual Muslim, the creation of the profile is complete through adding photos and videos. These photos and videos can be uploaded from Facebook, but Facebook is not necessarily required. The full creation of the profile is said to be quite tedious as it makes up for not having a personality test to match people. Rather, the matching algorithm of the site strictly uses the user’s profile to find matches.
