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This maybe your Indian bias showing where communal issues are a little more fiery. Religion based dating/relationship sites are fairly common in America and a lucrative business [1][2]. Not sure why we should suddenly start getting worried just when Muslims build their own as well. Seems like a sound investment from YC's POV.

[1] https://www.christianmingle.com/

[2] https://www.jdate.com/en-us

P.S: I am also Indian.

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In France where I live, I suspect such community-based dating apps would be frowned upon and seen as close-minded. Most people I know see religion as something people slowly liberate themselves from and not as a silo inside which you get married while keeping people from other faiths outside of your life.

But I also understand this is a cultural difference with America, and I'm curious to read views from other people around the world in this thread.

EDIT: not sure why I'm being downvoted, I'm trying to give a perspective from a different part of the world which I think is relevant to how such an app might be perceived there. I'm not trying to insult anyone.

I think you are wrong, as a quick Google search will reveal instantly:

Muslim: https://www.islamunion.fr/ http://www.meetarabic.com/ https://www.mektoube.fr/

Catholic: http://www.theotokos.fr/ http://www.notre-dame-des-rencontres.com/ https://www.iktoos.com/

Jewish: https://www.jdream.fr/ http://www.e-mazal.com/ http://j-link.fr/

Point taken. I still think many people here would frown upon such websites, but maybe it's also a matter of my living in an echo chamber of atheist and internationalist liberals :-)

I'd be curious to know what percentage of French people are strictly looking for a partner inside their religious or ethnic community compared to other countries.

> Most people I know see religion as something people slowly liberate themselves from and not as a silo

As a French living in Paris coming from a Muslim family I think ironically you may be the one living in a silo. Most French Muslims do not agree at all with "religion as something people slowly liberate themselves from", this may be common among your mostly white liberal friends I suppose but it is _not_ the case for Muslims. Also, as have been pointed out, there are plenty of Jewish, Muslims and Catholics dating apps in France.

Yes, I admitted as much in my other comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14921916). Out of curiosity, do you think this has always been the case or is it a more recent trend?

I'm American and see those sites as equally regressive.

Are there dating apps based around other hobbies, or is it just religion?

I keep seeing ads for a "date a surfer" website.

Clearly google knows I surf, but doesn't know I'm married...or maybe it does...

There is even https://www.farmersonly.com/

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