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  2. List of banned films - Wikipedia

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    This film was banned due to its depiction of Moses, as per Islamic custom, prophets (such as Moses) and messengers of God cannot be portrayed in any medium. [312] 1999 The Prince of Egypt: Banned due to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs (then known as the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs) taking offence to the depiction of Moses in the film ...

  3. Enjoining good and forbidding wrong - Wikipedia

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    "laying out silk coverings for men, using censers made of silver or gold, hanging curtains with images on them [images of sentient beings are forbidden among some branches of Islam] and listening to musical instruments or singing-girls. Then there is the scandal of women gathering on roofs to watch men when there are youths among them who could ...

  4. Haram - Wikipedia

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    Haram (/ h ə ˈ r ɑː m, h æ ˈ-, h ɑː ˈ-,-ˈ r æ m /; [1] [2] Arabic: حَرَام ḥarām [ħɑˈrɑːm]) is an Arabic term meaning 'forbidden'. [3]: 471 This may refer to either something sacred to which access is not allowed to the people who are not in a state of purity or who are not initiated into the sacred knowledge; or, in direct contrast, to an evil and thus "sinful action ...

  5. Makruh - Wikipedia

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    Similarly to the rule on men and silk garments, the Hanafi school considers it makruh tahrimi since the Hadith in which the evidence is found has some doubt to the chain of narration. [ 3 ] Other examples of makruh acts in Islam include talking while taking ablutions for prayer and slaughtering an animal for food where other animals of its kind ...

  6. List of common misconceptions about arts and culture

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    The word jihad does not always mean 'holy war'; its literal meaning in Arabic is 'struggle'. While there is such a thing as jihad by the sword, jihad can be any spiritual or moral effort or struggle, [256] [257] [258] such as seeking knowledge, putting others before oneself, and inviting others to Islam. [259]

  7. List of films banned in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Banned because it depicts Pakistan Sports Authorities using unfair means. It depicts the country in a wrong way. [16] 2013 Raanjhanaa: Bollywood: Banned because the film portrays an image of a Muslim girl (played by Sonam Kapoor) falling in love with a Hindu boy and having an affair with him. [17] 2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation: Hollywood

  8. Aniconism in Islam - Wikipedia

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    The Quran, the Islamic holy book, does not prohibit the depiction of human figures; it merely condemns idolatry. [7] [8] Interdictions of figurative representation are present in the hadith, among a dozen of the hadith recorded during the latter part of the period when they were being written down.

  9. Sexual taboo in the Middle East - Wikipedia

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    This means that when the human being uses and expresses all the God given faculties in a proper way as intended by God, in the proper time and proper place, these things lead to edification and even to salvation. This includes the expression of love through the means of marital relations and sexuality.”