Kosher for Muslims - Halal
Islamic Dietary Laws include prohibitions against alcohol and pork and rules about slaughtering animals. What is the difference between kosher and halal?
About Islam: Islamic Dietary Customs
The About.com Guide to Islam describes the food that Muslims can eat.
The About.com Guide to Islam describes the food that Muslims can eat.
Is Kosher Halal?
This article cautions Muslim consumers against assuming that all kosher products meet Islamic dietary restrictions.
This article cautions Muslim consumers against assuming that all kosher products meet Islamic dietary restrictions.
Halal meets kosher in health-food Aisle
Halal products are now getting marked with a "crescent M", much like the circled "O" of the Orthodox Union, the largest kosher certifier. Mohammad Munir Chaudry, who heads the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America, says “We are 60 years behind (kosher certifiers), but it’s not going to take us 60 years to catch up.”
Halal products are now getting marked with a "crescent M", much like the circled "O" of the Orthodox Union, the largest kosher certifier. Mohammad Munir Chaudry, who heads the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America, says “We are 60 years behind (kosher certifiers), but it’s not going to take us 60 years to catch up.”
Kosher and Halal
This article, from The Meat Science Section of the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University, compares the similarities and differences between Kosher and Halal.
This article, from The Meat Science Section of the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University, compares the similarities and differences between Kosher and Halal.