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On a Thursday evening in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, about 250 Muslims gathered in a halal Italian restaurant for a singles dating event..
The event was hosted by Muzz, a Muslim dating app based in London, with 8 million users worldwide, according to the company...
The heart of the app is empowering young Muslims to find a partner in their own right, but doing it in a way that respects their faith, culture, traditions and family, Shahzad Younas, the founder of Muzz, said in an interview..
The London-based app, with eight million users worldwide according to the company, has also hosted events over the last two months in Toronto, Jersey City, Baltimore, London and Dubai..
I feel like when I was walking through, people were looking through me to get to somebody else, said Ahmed, who has experienced colorism within the Muslim community and who noted a lack of Black Muslims at the event..
