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88 SURAH AL-MAIDAH

WHAT IS HALAL?DINE PHILIPPINES 2016

HALAL

• LAWFUL

• ALLOWED

• PERMISSIBLE

• based on Islamic Laws

• Islamic Laws are based on the Qur’an, Traditions, and Scholarly Opinion

• most foods are HALAL unless specified as HARAM

A MUSLIM’S LIFE

• sanitation• prayer• diet• business • marriage• dress• banking and finance• cuisine?

RITUAL: ZABIHA

• prayer

• sharp knife

• 3 x jugular vein + carotid artery

• most humane method of slaughter

• blood

HARAM

• UNLAWFUL

• DISALLOWED

• IMPERMISSIBLE

• harmful

• explicitly stated

HALAL/HARAM

HALAL—LAWFULMASTAHABB—RECOMMENDED

MAQBOOL—ACCEPTEDJAA-IZ/MAQBOOL—POSSIBLE WITH

ACCEPTANCEJAA-IZ—POSSIBLE

JAZ-IZ/MAKROOH—POSSIBLE WITH DISLIKEMASHBOOH—SUSPECTED

MAKROOH—DISLIKEDHARAM—UNLAWFUL

HARAM

• pork + by-products

• alcohol

• meat of dead animals

• animals slaughtered in a name other than God

• blood

• intoxicating drugs

THE PROFANE PIG

• self domestication and waste

• perception in history

• Jesus probably didn’t eat pork

• Leviticus + Deuteronomy

• trichinosis

CONTAMINATION

• contact

• contamination

• no longer HALAL

• tongs, brushes, grills

• separation

NO BAKE CHEESECAKE

• cream cheese

• gelatin

• vanilla extract

• sugar

• cream/milk

• graham crackers

• butter

JAPANESE CHICKEN CURRY

• chicken breast• spices/curry powder• lard• apple puree• onions• carrots• potatoes• milk

WHY BOTHER?

• emerging market

• local + international

• celebration of diversity

HALAL OR NOT?

• local authorities/certifying bodies

• seals of approval

• assurance of cleanliness

• assurance of safety

URGENT NEEDS

• international standard government mandated body to examine, approve, and certify

• restaurants/caterers/hotels not only products

• more Halal food processing facilities and technologies

HALAL CUISINE?

• is there such a thing?

• Maronite Arab Christian

• Italian Halal

• Christian Maranao

• Muslim Ilocano

EXEMPLI GRATIA

Maguindanaon Pastil

&

Smoked Beef Bacon Pizza

S H U K R A N