International Variations
Heavy metal music has a following in countries beyond the UK, where it first developed. In the 2000s, fans can be found in virtually every country in the world. Even in some of the more orthodox Muslim countries of the Arab World a tiny metal culture exists, though judicial and religious authorities do not always tolerate it. In 2003, more than a dozen members and fans of Moroccan heavy metal bands were imprisoned for "undermining the Muslim faith", awareness of the fact that heavy metal does not undermine the Muslim faith has led to the heavy metal fans in many Arab countries to form huge metal cultures, with movements such as Taqwacore.
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