What is Halal?
Halal is used in reference to foods that are permissible for Muslims to eat or drink under Islamic Shariʻah (law). The word halal means permitted, so halal food is anything that sharia allows people to eat.
If they are just a separation of food items like the clean and unclean animals for Jews, there should be no issues for a Christian to eat them. But, halal is more than just a separation but requires a method of slaughter
Dhabihah. Dhabihah is in Islamic law, the ordered method of ritual slaughter of all lawful halal animals. One of them is the head of the animal must be facing the Qiblah and calling on the name of their god Allah when slaughtering it, the blood is drained out of the living (and normally conscious) animal, while an Islamic prayer is spoken over them.
So, halal is an act of slaughtering an animal as an offering or thanking or praising in the name of a pagan god. This makes halal nothing but a disguised form of sacrifice.
This teaching comes from the Quran:
“O you who believe! Eat of the good and pure things We have provided you with, and render thanks to Allah if it is He alone Whom you really worship. He has forbidden you only (to eat carrion) that which dies of itself, the blood, the flesh of swine and that over (the sacrifice of) which the name of someone other than Allah has been invoked.” (Q 2:172-3)
“And do not eat that on which Allah’s name has not been pronounced.” (Q 6:121)
There are those who say it doesn't really matter because Allah and YHWH are the same god, this is RIDICULOUS.
The YHWH of Christianity and the Allah of Islam share some titles and characteristics in common, and many people believe that YHWH and Allah are the same. Believing that YHWH and Allah are the same, some have suggested that Christians should call YHWH Elohim by the name Allah to stop Christian/Muslim tensions.
Is the YHWH of the Bible the Allah of the Qu’ran?
Think what Muslims say about the name Allah. Allah is the personal name of the One true God, the Institute of Islamic Information and Education say. Christians also believe the same thing about Elohim of the bible. In the Bible, Moses says in Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our Elohim is one Lord:
Isaiah recorded Elohim's own words, He writes in Isaiah.
Isaiah 45:1-5
Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Either these verses refer to the same deity or else these verses identify one exclusive divinity. So which is it?
Muslims believe that Allah is the creator, that he is eternal, the first and the last, and that he is merciful and compassionate. Christians believe the same things about Elohim of the Bible.
If you look at these examples, you might think that Elohim and Allah could be the same deity. But you have to look further.
The Elohim of the Bible has a Son. The Old Testament tells us a number times of Elohim's Son, both literally and figuratively. We see theprophesy of this in Psalm
Psalm 2:7
I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Proverbs also say's
Proverbs 30:4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Most other Old Testament Scriptures confirm that Elohim has a Son. And of course, the New Testament is all about Elohim's Son, Yeshua.
Elohim also revealed His Son figuratively through the lives of His people as recorded in the Old Testament. For instance, Abraham and Isaac enacted the Son’s sacrifice when Abraham laid Isaac on the altar. Yeshua declared that this incident was a revelation of Himself, the Son of Elohim, when He told the Jews in John.
John 8:56
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
The Bible makes it quit clear that salvation comes through YHWH's Son, Yeshua Christ.
Yeshua prayed in John.
John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
But this is what the Qu’ran says, “God forbid that He Himself should beget a son!…Those who say: ‘The Lord of Mercy has begotten a son,’ preach a monstrous falsehood.” 2
So, Allah can not be the Christian’s Elohim, because the Elohim of the Bible definitely has a Son.
The Bible is unyielding on this point.
1 John 2:23
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
To call YHWH Allah, then, would be to deny the Son and the Father, too.
Yeshua plainly says, in John
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Paul also say's
1 Timothy 3:16
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
YHWH's whole plan of salvation hangs on this very point. Elohim came in the person of His Son Yeshua Christ
to redeem humanity for Himself. Allah did nothing of the kind. So for Christians to call YHWH Allah, will nullify the whole plan of salvation.
The comparison of the Qu’ran and the Bible gives unquestionable evidence that the Elohim of the Bible and Allah are two very different entities. YHWH declared in Isaiah
Isaiah 42:8
I am the YHWH: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
YHWH commanded reverence for His holy name. To think that anyone can call the Elohim of the Bible Allah would not only be a mistake, it would be blasphemous because the names YHWH and Allah refer to two different entities.
So eating halal meat raises serious questions for Christians.
Yeshua said, anything that goes into the mouth does not defile a man. There are so many that misunderstand this to explain eating food sacrificed to other gods also does not defile a man. Yeshua was speaking to a Jewish assembly who don’t eat unclean animals or food sacrificed to other gods. Yeshua is specifically addressing the issue of washing hands as the reference scripture itself mentions.
Matt 15:9,10-11,18-20
And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ” … When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: “Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” … But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
Yeshua is no where near suggesting that eating food sacrificed to other gods is allowed. Actually, He warned two churches for eating things sacrificed to idols.
Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Revelation 2:20
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
In the law, YHWH is against His people being invited and then eating sacrifices of other gods.
Exodus 34:13-16
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
Acts was from a letter send by apostles, elders and brethren being assembled in agreement, which clearly mentions the need to abstain from things offered to idols.
Acts 15:28-29
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
With halal, there are three areas of great concern, Firstly, the way of killing, because the animal suffers unnecessarily
and, secondly, the prayer that is used over the animal as
it is being killed, which may be either the bismillah in the name of
Allah or the shahada, the Muslim creedal statement there is no god but
Allah and Muhammad is his messenger. This religious aspect is what makes halal meat halal. Also, halal is an essential part of sharia,Islamic law.
The halal meat industry is part of a process of Islamisation in which some Muslims are looking to impose the legal requirements of Islam, not just on their own people, but also on the rest of society.Should we as Christians,submit to this Islamic law now being imposed on us. In eating halal meat, Christians and other non-Muslims are nowfurthering the process of dawa Islamic mission, the Islamisation of society and the imposition of
For example, the muslims that are involved in the halal industry the imams, slaughtermen, workers, business & shop owners etc.
Halal certification is done on a fee for service basis, with the fees varying with the scope and scale of the services.
Certification is provided by Islamic organizations, and would not be halal if the required zakat was not paid on the fees.
What you may not know is that there are eight classes of zakat recipients, each of which gets a 1/8 share of the gross. One of those classifications is fighters in Allah’s cause aka Mudihideen, aka terrorists.
When you buy a product that is certified Halal, you are indirectly contributing to terrorism.
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