What Foods are Haram for Muslims to Eat?
Islamic dietary laws are based on verses in the Qur’an which forbid Muslims from consuming the following products: • alcohol and other intoxicants • pork or pork by-products • blood or blood by-products • animals which have not been slaughtered according to Islamic guidelines • carrion (animals which are found dead) • carnivores or birds of prey • animals killed by falls, blunt trauma or strangulation • animals killed by other wild animalsHalal Food for Muslims Halal foods include all other meats and beverages which fall outside of those Islamic dietary restrictions. This includes all fish and seafood, providing the fish are first caught live, and all domestic meats and poultry, providing the animals are slaughtered according to Islamic guidelines. Wild non-carnivorous animals and birds which are hunted for food may be killed by other humane methods. Hunting purely for sport, however, is not allowed. document.getElementById(‘adsense_placeholder_2’).innerHTML = document.getElementById(‘
