Is Wearing The Cross For Fashion Haram?
I still don’t fully understand the reasoning. If a symbol is originally neutral and only later adopted by a particular community, why does that adoption make it forbidden for others forever? Especially when the intention is clearly fashion or aesthetics, not religious expression, and the people around me already know that I am Muslim. Personally, when I see a non-Muslim wearing something that resembles a Muslim symbol, I don’t assume anything religious from it. People judge regardless—whether you dress well or poorly—so judgment itself cannot be the reason. If a symbol does not change belief, intention, or identity, and no one becomes Christian or Jewish by seeing jewelry, then what exactly is the religious or moral harm in wearing it?