Saharanpur, May 18 -- Expressing deep concern over the growing trend of tattooing among Muslim youth, prominent Deobandi cleric Maulana Qari Ishaq Gora has released a video message urging youngsters to refrain from what he described as a practice strictly prohibited in Islam.
Qari Gora, who serves as the patron of the Jamiat Dawatul Muslimeen, condemned the practice as a violation of Islamic Sharia and a distortion of the natural form created by Allah.
In his message, he said, "Getting a tattoo is haram in Islam. It amounts to altering the creation of Allah, which is clearly forbidden in the Quran and Hadith." He lamented that in today's society, tattooing has become fashionable among both young men and women, with little regard for its r...