Sentence examples for being haram from inspiring English sources

The Arabic word "halal" means simply, that which is permitted in Islam (the opposite being "haram", or what is forbidden), and until recently that definition meant little more than consuming meat slaughtered in a religiously compliant way, and avoiding pork and alcohol.

For smokers, one reason the message of smoking being haram is not more widely accepted may be cognitive, as smokers may be discounting messages that are dissonant with their behaviour.

"It's haram, haram, haram".

"Killing is haram".

Everything was haram to them".

The video, they fume, is haram (forbidden).

They killed civilians, which is haram, or forbidden, and they killed themselves, which is also haram.

"If you are an uncovered woman, that's haram.

If you have a drink with friends, that's haram.

They would say it was haram at every level.

Presumably, everything beyond her doorstep was haram — forbidden.