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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
“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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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