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Dancing yes
Dirty Dancing no
It's a very broad question. The Muslim world is a mosaic of many thousands of sub-cultures. There are definitely cultures where it is not considered a taboo. And there are conservative societies like Pakistan where dancing on weddings is widely accepted but there are no clubs in the country. Belly dancers are associated with the Arab world afterall. In Iran while dancing is "officially" considered taboo, indoors Iranians like to dance their hearts out. Immigrant Iranians in different countries don't take dancing as a taboo at alk. So there is no straight answer to that question.
You could go deeper and look at how someone interpret Islam for a better look though. The more puritan/ultra conservatives definitely think it's taboo but even among those you find several variations.
I agree with MC1- totally depends. My family and my husbands family are both moderate and Pakistani (pray, fast, don’t wear hijab, etc). His family loves dancing, mine is very against it. I don’t believe there is any clear ruling on it hence the variance. The issues stem from lack modesty (in some forms of dancing) and music (which some believe is not ok)
I mean...can’t live without Dabke 💃🏻🇵🇸
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If mujra then yes
I think it depends on the individual more than the country or culture - I’ve been to some very vibrant weddings and parties that involved lots of dancing for both Arab and desi cultures. I’ve also been to parties were it was more of a taboo.
I'm not a scholar by any means so this is just my opinion. I think if there is no audience, I don't see anything wrong with it, but if there is, it depends on who the audience is. In any case, and as a general rule, dancing is prohibited if it starts taking precedence over your duties and responsibilities as a muslim.
No.