Halal and Haram Foods

Halal and Haram Foods

Halal: Halal foods are foods that Muslims can eat. Halal foods include animals which are killed a certain way. When you are trying to kill an animal to eat, you need to shoot it on the leg or a place so that it will stop running. Then you have to go to the animal and cut its head off in a certain place and way on the neck. You also say “Bismillah” before you kill the animal. You can’t kill animals for “fun” in Islam. Halal foods are usually not common in stores and restaurants, so Muslims usually have to make food themselves or search for a Halal restaurant.

Haram: Haram foods are foods that Muslims can’t eat. Some Haram foods include pig, gelatin, and blood in food. Many candies have gelatin in them so Muslims should always check. Gelatin is made of pig, which God has forbidden us to eat. God also doesn’t want us to eat blood. If a food isn’t Halal, it doesn’t mean that the food is Haram. Haram is what God has forbidden us to eat. Food that isn’t Halal is not preferred.

-          Mizna