So… what is Halal?

Posted by anas on Feb 16, 2010 in Life | 7 comments While I am on the topic of Halal food and the meaning of Halal there is another issue that I’ve learnt of after coming to the UK related to a food item being declared as Halal or not. Now there are atleast two Halal certifying authorities in the UK (that I know of) and both do not accept each other’s way of accredition. One of them says that meat (for example of chicken) is halal only...
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Halal, is it?

Posted by anas on Feb 13, 2010 in London Diary | 12 comments Last week I decided to take some relatives out for dinner to celebrate the  first pay with them. Weekends are the only time such events can take place for two reasons: weekdays are terribly busy and I live far from the city. So, on a fine Saturday evening we all decided to go out to a restaurant with subcontinental cuisine. No one had been there or seen that place before so it took a while to...
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