Using the “complex religion” framework, this article shows the importance of religion while recognizing how race, national origin, and geopolitics shape how Muslims navigate their romantic lives. Based on 50 in-depth interviews of South Asian Muslim immigrants in Canada on interfaith and interracial romance, I show that taken-for-granted labels “Muslim” and “South Asian” are ambiguous even for the participants as they navigate the search for compatible partners. Race and ethnicity are important components alongside religion and sect that together give meaning to negotiations about who is a “real” Muslim. And despite a sense of panethnic desi groupness, religion, sect, and nationality create fissures that challenge and limit notions of brown solidarity on the ground, even for children of immigrants. Finally, I identify how another important yet overlooked dimension of Muslimness—global geopolitics—shapes participants’ romantic pursuits. Overall, this article problematizes current approaches to studying Muslim immigrant experiences in the West.

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种族、宗教和地缘政治：加拿大南亚穆斯林移民的约会和浪漫

使用“复杂宗教”框架，本文展示了宗教的重要性，同时认识到种族、民族血统和地缘政治如何塑造穆斯林如何驾驭他们的浪漫生活。基于对加拿大南亚穆斯林移民的 50 次关于跨信仰和跨种族浪漫的深入访谈，我表明，即使对于参与者来说，即使是在寻找合适的对象时，被视为理所当然的标签“穆斯林”和“南亚”也是模棱两可的。伙伴。种族和民族是宗教和教派之外的重要组成部分，它们共同为关于谁是“真正的”穆斯林的谈判赋予意义。尽管有一种泛民族的德西群体感，但宗教、教派和国籍造成了裂痕，挑战和限制了当地的棕色团结观念，即使对于移民的孩子也是如此。最后，我确定了穆斯林的另一个重要但被忽视的维度——全球地缘政治——如何塑造参与者的浪漫追求。总体而言，本文对当前研究西方穆斯林移民经历的方法提出了质疑。