Haraam (often Haram)'s an Arabic term meaning "forbidden". In Islam it's used to refer to anything that's prohibited by the faith. Its antonym's halaal. The religious term haraam can be applied to: certain behaviours, such as adultery or abuse, abstention in the general elections (for example in Indonesia) certain objects certain foodstuffs or food ingredients, such as alcohol or pork and also to foods, objects and people that'd normally be halaal but which were tarnished in some or other… (More on Haraam)