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Is wearing the "mini-Igal" (mini-Agal), which takes the form of the agal and a piece of the shemagh fabric, and expresses Saudi identity, permissible in Islamic law?

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Wearing the "mini-igal," which consists of a miniature igal (headband) and shemagh (headscarf) worn as bracelets on the wrist, is an innovative behavior that reflects a spiritual void among young people and indicates their preoccupation with trivial matters. Furthermore, wearing it involves imitating women, which is forbidden. This also revives Jahiliyyah (the pre-Islamic era of ignorance) and promotes fanaticism, which Islam has prohibited. Islam united people upon monotheism and faith and rejected fanaticism.

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