Halal

Blessed Meat

Ali Berlow | Posted 02.26.2012

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It was truly blessed meat. Over every animal held in arms and slaughtered, a prayer was said as the swift, sharp deed of taking life in sacrifice was made.

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Choosing And Killing Your Own Chicken

Daniel Klein | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Slaughterhouse, Daniel Klein, Madani Halal, Halal, Local Food, Perennial Plate, Humane Slaughterhouse, Halal Animal Slaughter, Humane Animal Slaughter, Killing Your Own Chickens, Choosing Your Own Chickens, Food News

A lot of crazy things happen beneath the surface of NYC. Case and point: A halal slaughterhouse down a backstreet in a random neighborhood in Queens.

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Ohio Muslim Inmates Sue Over Meal Preparation

AP | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Abdul Awkal, Islam, Death Row Inmate, Death Row, Video, Halal, Ohio Prison, Religion News

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Muslim death row inmate says the Ohio prison system is denying him meals prepared according to Islamic law while at the same ...

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What's Pork Got To Do With It?

Engy Abdelkader | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Islamic Dietary Laws, Islam, Halal, Religious Tolerance, Muslim American, Pork Bullets, Pork in Islam, Muslim Dietary Laws, Religion News

Claims made that any hint of swine will prohibit you from entering heaven must seem ironic to a Muslim living with a porcine heart valve.

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Whole Foods Responds To Ramadan Marketing Controversy

The Huffington Post | Bryan Maygers | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Whole Foods Ramadan, Video, Whole Foods, Whole Foods Ramadan Marketing, Anti-Muslim, Halal, Ramadan Whole Foods, Whole Foods Ramadan Campaign, Ramadan, Religion News

Whole Foods is the object of a growing controversy about the popular grocery chain's treatment of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting for Muslims that ...

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Progress? Discrimination? Or Simply a Stunning Controversy?

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Animal Slaughter, Kosher, Halal, Netherlands, World News

Whether religious slaughter of animals is seen as humane or inhumane, discriminatory, cruel, sacred or medieval depends on the eye of the beholder.

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Eating With a Spiritual Compass

Marcus Samuelsson | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Kosher, Healthy Eating, Mindful Eating, Halal, Spiritual Eating, Fasting, Food News

While the reasons for fasting are varied -- whether it's to purify, connect with a higher spiritual power, atone, or to practice self-control and abstinence -- these spiritual rituals also create a sense of community with fellow observers.

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Making NYC Street Meat: Chicken and Rice Recipe

Michelle Won | Posted 08.02.2011

If you are a New Yorker... or know a New Yorker... or know someone who knows a New Yorker, you know about the best halal chicken and rice cart on 53rd and 6th. Our chicken recipe is better.

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Buying Porn For Bin Laden

Robert Brenner | Posted 07.20.2011

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COURIER: Uh, I'd like to buy some porn.for a, uh, friend. He lives in a large, walled-off compound in the suburbs of Abbottabad. It's kind of like the Playboy mansion -- minus the Bunnies, of course.

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Marketing To Muslims: A New U.S. Consumer Niche

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslim, Muslim Marketing, Marketing to Muslims, Islam, Halal, Marketing, American Muslim Consumer Conference, Business News

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — In the ballroom of an upscale hotel a short train ride from New York, advertisers, food industry executives and market res...

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Americans Outraged About New "Ground Zero Halal Cart"

Ben Berkon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Extremist, Rick Lazio, President Obama, Politics, September 11, Food, 9/11, Something You Should Read, Comedy News, Lamb, Ben Berkon, Barack Obama, New York City, New York, Muslim, Halal, Muslim Center, Lazio, Ground Zero Muslim Center, Cart, Ground Zero, Comedy News

In New York news, Americans from all over the country have publicly opposed the institution of a new Halal cart near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan.

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Six Great Halal Restaurants In Chicago

Posted 05.25.2011

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Wednesday is the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Devout Muslims will spend the fourteen hours between sunrise and sunset neither eating...

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Expanding Halal Food's Availability

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Halal, Food, American Muslims, Islam, Quran, Muslims, National Restaurant Association, Religion News

Certification symbols have become the stamp of purity these days. Halal certification opens the door to a $20 billion economy for halal food in the United States alone.

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Paris Police Ban Anti-Muslim Pork & Booze Street Party

AP | PIERRE-YVES ROGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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From The Associated Press, by Pierre-Yves Roger: PARIS (AP) -- French police have banned a street party whose organizers planned to serve alcoholic c...

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Halal Phobia in France

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kosher, Lou Dobbs, Islam, Halal, France, Islamic Dietary Laws, Muslims, European Muslims, Glenn Beck, Immigrants, Immigration, Europe, Fast Food, World News

In France, Islamophobia is reaching new heights. A French town recently filed a complaint against a fast food chain because the restaurant now prepares burgers from halal meat.

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Halal Hatred: French Pols Claim Discrimination Over Pork-less Muslim-Friendly Menus

Associated Press | Virginie Maecker | Posted 05.25.2011

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LILLE, France (AP) -- A French town filed a legal complaint Thursday accusing a branch of a mainstream fast food chain of discrimination because it on...

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Was Jesus a Vegetarian?

Kamran Pasha | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kosher, Religion, Islam, Vegetarian, Halal, Jesus, Christ, Vegan, Christianity, Judaism, Healthy Living News

After lengthy research, I have become convinced that Jesus Christ himself was in all likelihood a vegetarian, and that vegetarianism was probably a central tenet of the early Christian community.

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French TV Airs First Ever Ad on Halal Foods!

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ramadan, North Africa, France, Islam, French, American Muslims, Africa, Halal, Muslims, Arabs, Tv, French Muslims, TV Commercials, Food, Meat, World News

According to reports, "Supermarkets have been expanding their shelf space for halal products, recognizing that sales do go up in the month of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting for Muslims."

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A Halal Spin on Italian and Mexican Food at My Halal Kitchen

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Halal, Natural Food, Muslim, Organic, Meat, Food Blogs, Food, My Halal Kitchen, Yvonne M. Maffei, Halal Cooking, Chicago News

Growing up enjoying culinary feasts like lasagna, Sicilian pizza and Puerto Rican rice and beans, Yvonne M. Maffei embraced Islam and its dietary laws. What becomes of those appetites and indulgences?

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