Saudi Arabia has barred more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca this week ...

Muslims from around the world are in the Saudi city of Mecca for this year's Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of ...

The Ministry of Interior of Saudi Arabia has issued a strict directive prohibiting all forms of photography, video recording, ...

Dubai - Depictions of Prophet Muhammad such as the cartoons published by the French satirical magazine reeling from a deadly attack are banned in Islam and mocking him angers many Muslims. Although ...

Under Caliph Uthman (644–656 CE), Arabization intensified with policies like destroying vineyards—as wine is banned in Islam. This further devastated Jewish communities since viticulture was a ...

It was banned during the first Taliban regime in 1996. Periodic bans on chess have emanated from varying interpretations of Islamic scriptures. These have included concerns about gambling, potential ...

One key concern is that the game could encourage gambling, which is prohibited in Islam. Despite this, many Islamic countries have not banned the game. A burqa-clad Afghan woman, who is among ...

Officials said the game has been prohibited indefinitely until its compatibility with Islamic law can be determined. Chess is the latest sport to be restricted by the Taliban. Women are ...

From a jurisprudential (fiqh) and religious textual perspective, mere conversation between non-mahram men and women is not prohibited—whether the discussion pertains to academic, political ...

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