Haram Haram Haraam (; "" ) is an Arabic term meaning "forbidden". This it may refer to: either something sacred to which access is forbidden to the people who are not in a state of purity or who are not initiated into the sacred knowledge; or to an evil thus "sinful action that is forbidden to be done". The term also denotes something "set aside", thus being the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew concept "qadoš", and the concept of "sacer" (cf. sacred) in Roman law and religion. In Islamic jurisprudence, haram is used to refer to any act that is forbidden
Act for the Advancement of True Religion books, and stories of men's lives, shall not be comprehended in the prohibition of this Act". The Act was repealed under Henry's son, Edward VI (section 2 of the Act "1 Edward VI, c. 12"). Act for the Advancement of True Religion The Act for the Advancement of True Religion ("34 & 35 Henry VIII, c. 1") was an Act passed by the Parliament of England on 12 May 1543. It restricted the reading of the Bible to clerics, noblemen, the gentry and richer merchants. Women below gentry rank, servants, apprentices and generally poor people were forbidden to read it.