It has been discovered that a Muslim matchmaking website that promotes virgin brides and polygamous unions is active in Britain.
NikkahGram describes itself as a service for Muslim men who want a ‘shy, untouched spouse’ and those who are looking for more than one wife.
The company, which has been registered in the UK, promotes virgin women under the age of 35 as ideal first wives, The Telegraph has reported.
Videos shared on NikkahGram’s social media profiles suggest that men should beat their wives as a ‘wake-up call’ for continued disobedience.
In a clip posted on the topic of divorce on Instagram last week, men are told: ‘From those wives whom you fear arrogance, first advise them.
‘[After] one month of advising, then if they persist, forsake them in bed – don’t have any intimacy. Show them that you don’t desire them.
‘And if they persist, finally strike them lightly, not with a baseball bat, not from the very beginning boom, no. This is gradual.’
NikkahGram’s website also details Dr Asif Munaf, who was suspended from the medical register after making anti-Semitic remarks, among its staff.
The former Apprentice celeb met a frenzied backlash after he called Zionism a ‘satanic cult’ and Zionists ‘odiously ogre-like’ in the aftermath of Hamas’ October 7 attacks.
According to the current description, Mr Munaf is NikkahGram’s associate coach, and clients can reach him by phone for advice on Muslim marriages.
He and other Islamic influencers appear in a number of the company’s social media videos.
Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick told The Telegraph: ‘This vile site promotes domestic abuse. It shouldn’t exist.
‘The fact it does shows yet again how our immigration and integration policies have failed. Mr Munaf’s views are abhorrent and should have no place in public life.’
Chief executive of the Muslim Women’s Network UK Baroness Gohir also described the ‘extreme ideology’ promoted on the site as ‘deeply troubling’.
She said it was targeting vulnerable women and insecure Muslim men who are struggling with their identity.
NikkahGram was first founded in 2023 ‘to facilitate marriage for Muslims who stick to core Islamic values of modesty and submission to Allah without modern excuses’.
Virgin ladies can use its services for free, however it is a subscription service.
Users can view other people’s profiles after registering, but any communication with women must go via their legal guardian.
According to an explainer on NikkahGram’s website, a ‘complete virgin’ means ‘you have never been intimately/sexually touched by anyone else’.
Its definition adds: ‘This includes any form of sexual intercourse.
‘If you decide to register as a Virgin, you must swear by Allah that you are telling the truth about being a complete virgin as described above.
‘Lying in this oath is a severe sin with serious consequences in this life and the hereafter.’
Additionally, NikkahGram encourages polygamous unions, in which males may choose to have a second, third, or even fourth wife.
Given that polygamy is illegal in the West, it counsels men against registering Islamic marriages there.
NikkahGram’s Instagram page has more than 7,000 followers and it has posted more than 520 times.
According to one article featuring Muslim fitness influencer Hocine Based, non-virgin women can cause cancer.
He says in the video, despite there being no medical evidence to support the claims: ‘Even the exchange of saliva, even exchange of looks, and eyes, and even pheromones, a woman will be adaptive, because she’s a host, so she prepares her body which adapts to the man’s DNA… because a baby is an external organism that’s actually growing within her.
‘And if it doesn’t align with her DNA, guess what? We get cancer!’
The company also wrote in another post from last September: ‘We encourage brothers to get married from overseas, second wife especially but first wives too.
‘Less prone to feminism, more traditional, and many virgins! If you’re tired of Western sisters and want a wife (or second/third/fourth wife) who respects your role as a man and a provider, and hers as a homemaker, you should consider this.’
NikkahGram has defended its position, saying it operates fully within UK law.
A spokesperson for the company said: ‘NikkahGram operates strictly within UK law and Islamic principles. We provide a religious matrimonial service that reflects the values and preferences of many practising Muslims.
‘All participation is voluntary, and our platform facilitates lawful introductions between consenting adults who seek to marry in accordance with their faith.’
‘We do not promote abuse, coercion, or illegality. We only discuss and endorse faith-based preferences that are protected under religious freedom laws,’ they added.
NikkahGram and the Government have been contacted by MailOnline for additional comment.
This must be prohibited by our government and made a crime, and is it not breaking the law to have more than one wife in the UK?
It’s really frightening all around. How do they go about registering their marriage? The fact that such a man is in charge of this business is quite unsettling, and someone needs to resolve this.
Could this be a covert gang grooming site? It does make you wonder, and this needs to be thoroughly investigated by someone in a position of responsibility.
This has no place in UK society and is completely disgusting!
I thought pimping was illegal. So, our government don’t encourage abuse but beating your wife is okay.
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