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number of international members are being drawn to the website. As of August 2010, there were over registered 500,000 members, which rose to 600,000 members in
January 2011. More than 500 new user accounts are registered every day. In October 2012, the website had its millionth user. Since 2004, the website has seen a 1,000 percent growth in users and a tenfold increase in turnover. By 2023, the site had over 2,000,000 members.
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Muslims find a compatible marriage partner, as an alternative to using traditional methods. Gold Membership entitles users full access to all the services offered by the website. Women are offered Gold Membership free of charge, whereas
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The website team manually vet each profile data and photographs for authenticity. The website is also self-regulating so users can report other users who are misusing the service, or who may not be genuine users, and there is a zero-tolerance policy in place where such people will be removed. Family
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The website allows users to create a profile with personal, faith-based, educational, and professional information, and upload pictures. Users can send instant messages to members of the opposite gender, and send them virtual gifts. Users can perform searches of the member database based on criteria
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December 2006 the website had its 100,000th user. The website has over 14,000 new members joining the website every month and an increasing
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Since 2007, SingleMuslim.com has learned of an average of four new marriages every day. The website is thought to have brought around 10,000 marriages. On average two people a day leave the website having found success.
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1349:"No Tinder. No hot dates. How do young Muslims find love?"
572:"Why millions of Muslims are signing up for online dating"
634:"Muslims in the UK try a western approach to matchmaking"
603:"MDate Joins Ranks of Faith-Based Matchmaking Web Sites"
810:"SingleMuslim Review, Single Muslim, SingleMuslim App"
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broadcast a documentary about SingleMuslim.com called
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1057:"Home town is where the heart is for Muslim women"
785:"Internet Dating Insider #601, February 4th, 2019"
1214:"A Match Made In Heaven, ITV1, July 13 - Aug 17"
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1292:"Dating services for the modern Muslim"
1137:. Middle East Online. 4 February 2011.
917:. Middle East Online. 1 February 2010.
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1135:"Muslim women seek older husbands"
943:. Middle East Online. 7 May 2010.
835:Turner, Hossein (7 January 2012).
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1268:. Asian Image. 19 November 2010.
1242:. SingleMuslim.com. 9 June 2009.
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1089:from the original on 6 March 2013
1059:. Islam Online. 11 January 2011.
1033:. Islam Online. 29 October 2010.
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1266:"How I met my perfect match"
734:"Matchmaking the Muslim way"
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