Haraam vs. Haram — What's the Difference?

Alternative spelling of haram

Haram (; Arabic: حَرَام‎, ḥarām, [ħaˈraːm]) is an Arabic term meaning ‘forbidden’. This 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, in direct contrast, to an evil and thus "sinful action that is forbidden to be done".

(Islam) A sin.

Forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.