Too often the answer given is no. In explanations given, the “American” lifestyle is casted as offering a series of prohibitions to Muslims. It is asserted that the American lifestyle means drinking alcohol, eating pork, or taking interest. This answer, and its supporting explanations, rest on two false premises. The first premise relied upon is [...]
"O you people! Eat of what is on earth, lawful and clean..."(Quran 2:168) Eating Halal is a primary concern to majority of Muslims in North America. Halal consumption is not just a ritual or a matter of fulfilling an obligation. It is a lifestyle, a mindset, and a way of staying faithful to what Allah [...]
Samana Siddiqui You may think everything you get from your local Halal grocery shop is as Halal to the tee: Islamically slaughtered, pretty fresh, free of germs, etc. But you may be in for a surprise. Some of the meat sold in smaller Muslim grocery stores may actually be bought from the non-Muslim wholesale market [...]
Choose what you will, but Zabiha clearly has more advantages over non-Zabiha meat available in supermarkets. Here are some MAJOR reasons why: 1. YOU CAN BE SURE THERE'S NO PORK IN IT In the last few years, revelations of pork being mixed with meat have surfaced. According to Ahmad Sakr, Professor Emeritus of Food Science [...]
The lists below have been taken with permission from the book 'Islamic Dietary Laws and Practices' by Mohammad Mazhar Hussaini and M S Ahmad Hussein Sakr, Ph.D .It should be noted that a product being imported from a Muslim country is not necessarily a guarantee that it is completely Halal. In fact, food is often [...]
Islamic Dietary Concepts and Practices by M.M. Hussaini and Ahmad Sakr The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam by Yusuf Al-Qaradawi Halal Food Productionby Mian N. Riaz and Muhammad M. Chaudry Halal and Haram (According to Christian, Jewish & Muslim Scriptures) by Muhammad Umar Chand A Comprehensive List of Halal Food Products in U.S. and Canadian [...]
Shahid Athar, M.D. This article is not about the glory of Islamic Medicine of past 1000 years which produced great physicians like al Razi and Ibn Sina. This article is also not about virtues of honey, the center point of discussion in most of the articles written these days on Islamic Medicine. This also is [...]
Translated Verses of the Quran “O ye who believe! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and render thanks to Allah if it is (indeed) He whom ye worship” (2:172). “He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swineflesh, and that which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other [...]
