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Cannabis culture has been a storied part of human history for thousands of years, shaping diverse and unique cultural experiences for people around the world, including the Muslim world. A little over ten years after Colorado and Washington led the charge in legalization for recreational use, and the plant has become more intertwined into the zeitgeist, demand for the representation of authentic cannabis culture has surged. With this growth in attention to cannabis culture, more stories have been uncovered, including the history of cannabis in Islam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A naturally growing plant with landrace strains indigenous to regions all over the world, cannabis resulted in many diverse communities that developed their own unique practices for thousands of years. Cannabis was relatively unknown to many Muslim scholars as the influences of Islam began to spread across the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, leaving little scholarly commentary on its permissibility within the religion. This begs the question, is weed haram?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\tWhat does haram mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I wrote a blog back in 2021 asking this same question<\/a>; I did not take a definitive stance at the time, but the question did continue to pique my curiosity. This curiosity and blog, later published in print, brought Malaysian Royal, Tengku Chanela Jamidah Ibrahim, and me together to create a brand called Halal Hemp<\/a>. Our mission is to educate, destigmatize, and share cannabis culture with the Muslim community while also representing the Muslim voice in the cannabis industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through our journey, we conducted extensive research, with the help of Shaykh Mustafa Umar of the Islamic Center of Irvine<\/a>, to develop an understanding of Islamic theology and scholarship as it relates to cannabis and, more importantly, cannabis medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t

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