Naseeb is like a Muslim version of Friendster, allowing people to network with friends of friends. Users create online profiles that includes links to their friends' profiles, and so on, for up to four degrees of separation.
In Naseeb young Muslims have found a culturally sensitive middle ground that lies somewhere between dating -- which is discouraged by Islamic law -- and the practice of marriages brokered by parents. Geillan Aly, a 27-year-old New York City graduate student, turned to Naseeb as an alternative to the prospective spouses her mother invites to tea. She says "I can see who I'm talking to without having to sit there and waste two hours of getting-to-know-you chitchat."
More than 45,000 Muslims have joined Naseeb since it went online Autumn 2003. About 84% live in North America and the UK.
Naseeb means destiny in Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Malaysian, Indonesian, Turkish and Hindi.
[Source: Oakland Tribune]
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