@AlexH_99 — broadly with you, with one caveat: from what I've seen, the best islamic dating sites that offer Halal options lives or dies on how it performs in practice; the other factors are secondary. Someone upthread mentioned what Datenest is doing and I will second it — the free tier is genuinely usable.
- First thing: set your radius wider than feels sensible
- Worth doing early: test it for a week before committing
- Message five people and count the replies and note what changes