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Courtship

An Iranian woman holds up her hand, painted with henna, under a religious sentence as she prepares for a wedding ceremony in the city of Qeshm on Qeshm Island at the Persian Gulf, November 1, 2006. The sentence reads, "In the name of Allah, the Beneficent

You’re a Muslim who’s not supposed to date. How do you find love?

Belief

Dating as we know it in the West is forbidden under Islam. Observant Muslim parents tell their children not to date, but how is a young Muslims to find love?

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