Halal Food

Helen JI AND Catherine Lu

Why it is special The word Halal means clean and permissable

The rules are from the holy book of Islam, Qur’an

Food that they can’t eat (Haram)

Blood

Pork

Alcohol

Animals that are already dead

Food that they can eat Grain product that doesn’t involve any haram ingredient

Dairy Product without haram ingredient

Vegatable prepared without haram ingredient

Animal meat prepared in a certain way

How they killed the animal

The people killed the animal must be Muslim or the People of the Book (Christian or Jewish) .

Allah’s name must be pronounced during slaughter

When you kill a animal, The instrument must be very sharp to ensure humane slaughter. The animal must be slit at the throat.

After the animal dead, the animal must be hung upside down and allowed to bleed dry. They are not allowed to eat blood.

Related video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVupjcoL

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This video doesn’t involve blood, just how the animals react to Islamic ways of killing

Halal food today The preparation of Halal food remains the same

There are more choices to choose that are still Halal

There are a lot of restaurants open in the world that sells Halal food

Comparing the past to the present

The rules of preparing and eating didn’t change.

In the past, Islamic followers eat Halal food everyday to honor their god

Today, there are fights and comments on Halal food and the history of it.

It has also spread further around the world.

Image of Halal meat

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