Many of us have seen the term “halal,” but not many of us know what it signifies. Halal can be seen on food labels and restaurants. The term is important for our Muslim brothers and sisters as it shows what is permitted for them to consume by their Islamic dietary law. In a country with inhabitants of different religions, the word halal is very important.
For Muslim-populated countries, seeing halal on food products and establishments is no trouble at all since they are run by Muslims who adhere to Islamic rules. But for countries that have citizens exercising different religions, then halal is not that easy to come by. Fortunately, more and more establishments are becoming conscious of their consumers’ orientations.
The word halal simply means lawful, which implies that if an eating establishment declares they are halal-certified or a food item has this term on its label, the preparation of their items is in accordance with the Islamic law. Muslims, therefore, are permitted to use or consume the product.
So what is allowed in Islamic law? There are a number of guidelines, but let’s begin with how a meat should be prepared. An animal should be butchered by cutting its windpipe and gullet rapidly. This method of ritual slaughter is believed to kill immediately and painlessly.
If halal means legal, haraam is the opposite. Muslims are not allowed to take haraam foods, such as alcoholic beverage and pork. A halal-certified establishment and a halal-approved food item should not include such ingredients. Also, they should be conscioushow they make the food, avoiding any contamination. If a spoon was already used for a meal with haraam ingredients, it should not be used any longer to make halal-approved food.
Other haraam items include blood, carnivores or birds of prey, animals butchered in the name of any other god but Allah or have been sacrificed to another god, and corpse of an animal.
There are Muslim groups who state food products as halal and give halal certification to restaurants. Products that have halal certification are the ingredients used by halal eateries to make sure that they observe the Islamic dietary law strictly.
It’s good to know that there are food establishments not run by Muslims that still make a great effort to abide Islamic dietary laws. It simply means that they honor all their clients and value their orientations and faiths.
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