[Q&A] Can I find Korean Muslim to marry?

A woman wants to know if she can find a man of Islam in Korea.

Seoul central mosquelonely101 asked:

I am a Muslim girl who thinks Korean men are good looking (as in people from my culture are not). As a Muslim, I can only marry a respectable Muslim guy but it seems impossible for me to find a Muslim Korean. My ultimate question: do they even exist? Can you just either raise my hopes or crush them so that I can move on from this? Thanks.

In South Korea, the number of people of Muslim faith has been steadily increasing since the Korean War. The data I found says there are fewer than 30 000 Korean Muslims, most of them living in Seoul. If you include the immigrants from South Asia and Middle East the number rises to around 35 000. However, I have not been able to find official statistics that even mention Islam. According to 2005. data from KOSTAT on Korean population divided by religion, Atheism, Buddism, Protestantism make up most of the 47 million citizens, while 163 000 are categorized as “The other”. I believe Islam is one of the religions that make up this category. As you can see, that is a very small percentage of total population. But to answer your question, yes, they do exist.

I asked Kimchi Man and he said he has never met a Muslim person even though he met many people in schools he attended, and army barracs during his military service, but he has seen them on TV in Korea.

However, may I suggest another point of view? You say you don’t consider people from your culture good looking, as I see it, you are not attracted to them. While it is possible that it is all about physical attraction, have you ever considered the possibility that you are attracted to what Korean men represent for you? I assume you don’t know many Koreans in person and your knowledge about Korea comes from some sort of media. (I know I may be assuming too much). So, when you say a Korean guy, you actually mean an idea of a perfect guy you have. For example, a guy that will give you stuffed toys and carry you on his back when you get tired. So maybe all you need to do is find a guy with that personality in your culture and you will suddenly see he is really good looking.

– Oegukeen

 

 

Edit: One of the commenters, Ms. KIM Touria, left a link for Facebook group and a story about Korean man who turned to Islam.

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177 responses to “[Q&A] Can I find Korean Muslim to marry?”

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    Anonymous

    If you love the korean culture, why dont you just move there and assimilate? Why not find a middle eastern man to marry if you insist on having a muslim husband? Easy peasy right?

    Please respectfully stop trying to infiltrate our culture. We koreans do not appreciate it.

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      Anonymous

      stop trying to speak for all Koreans, if you had any respect you would respect diversity. I am a Korean Muslim and I do appreciate interracial marriage because I am not a bigoted fool

  2. aziz Avatar
    aziz

    i am aziz from morocco, living in fez city.looking for korean penpals if possible, men and women.

  3. hassan Avatar
    hassan

    i am a guy comes from morocoo want find a muslim korean girl for marry her

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    Anonymous

    Dear Brothers/sisters,
    Anseong city, muslims/masjid/halal Food/ Room rent
    please reply at email (hussaina95@hotmail.com)
    i need some information.
    I will come there to Chung-ang university, Korea for my studies
    may you let me know about halal food? the availability of halal food
    is there any muslim community there
    is there any masjid in the anseong city
    what is the monthly room rent for a single room there in anseong
    thank you

  5. ImissmySeoul Avatar
    ImissmySeoul

    Yes, there are Korean Muslim men! I am a Muslim female and I used to live in Seoul a few years ago and attended the Seoul Central Mosque. There aren’t that many, and of that small percentage…they are either taken or Ahjusshis (Korean uncles). I think there were a few single ones at that time, but I’m not sure about now. I have 3 Muslim girlfriends, all from different ethnic cultures, who all ended up marrying Korean Muslim men. At least 2 of them were already Muslim before they got married to my friends, but I’m not sure about the third one.
    If you live in Korea and attend the Mosque regularly, you could end up meeting some Korean Muslim guys! Good luck insha’allah! and pray for me to find my Mr. Right too ^^

    1. hussain Avatar
      hussain

      thanxxxxx for information …imissmy seoul

  6. khadijat Avatar
    khadijat

    hey…..you better watch what you say……………everyone in this word have his or her religion….stop insulting the muslims and other religions….is it there fault to be in love with korean guys…..moreover they were just asking quetion….if it were to be exam…..you will defnitely fail…..so please watch what you say

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