• Majudi, left, with her chaperone Norwati, second from left, smile at Halal Speed Dating, a matchmaking event, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 3, 2015. Olivia Harris / Reuters
    Majudi, left, with her chaperone Norwati, second from left, smile at Halal Speed Dating, a matchmaking event, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 3, 2015. Olivia Harris / Reuters
  • Izzaty, right, 26, with her chaperone Fateha, 26, laugh together at Halal Speed Dating, a matchmaking event, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Olivia Harris / Reuters
    Izzaty, right, 26, with her chaperone Fateha, 26, laugh together at Halal Speed Dating, a matchmaking event, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Olivia Harris / Reuters
  • Majudi attends Halal Speed Dating, a matchmaking event, in Kuala Lumpur. Olivia Harris / Reuters
    Majudi attends Halal Speed Dating, a matchmaking event, in Kuala Lumpur. Olivia Harris / Reuters
  • Participants taking part in an Islamic speed dating event in Kuala Lumpur. Organisers said more than 2,000 people had applied to take part in an Islamic speed-dating session this past weekend, the second staged so far by “Halal Speed Dating”, which uses the term denoting practises that comply with Islamic rules. Mohd Rasfan / AFP photo
    Participants taking part in an Islamic speed dating event in Kuala Lumpur. Organisers said more than 2,000 people had applied to take part in an Islamic speed-dating session this past weekend, the second staged so far by “Halal Speed Dating”, which uses the term denoting practises that comply with Islamic rules. Mohd Rasfan / AFP photo
  • Nina, 24, smiles as she attends the Halal Speed Dating matchmaking event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Olivia Harris / Reuters
    Nina, 24, smiles as she attends the Halal Speed Dating matchmaking event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Olivia Harris / Reuters

Halal speed dating in Malaysia – in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

October 05, 2015

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Halal Speed Dating, a new matchmaking event in Kuala Lumpur, is helping Malaysian Muslims find partners in a largely conservative society where courtship is frowned upon and marriages are often arranged. The dating service is halal, meaning permissible under Islamic law, as it is practised with an Islamic twist: women speed daters must be chaperoned by a wali, or guardian until she gets married and who grants her the permission to do so.

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