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Archive for October, 2006

Now THAT’s A Halal Restaurant

By • Oct 20th, 2006 • Category: Food, Health

The sign written in red reads, “Our restaurant prohibits: drinking alcohol and smoking.” Ma-sha-Allah Tabaraka-Allah, this Halal restaurant is in China (where it is a common practice for “Halal” restaurants to sell alcohol). Sadly, many Muslims don’t know that the prohibition of alcohol is much more severe in Islam than that of pork. “Alkhamr (alcohol) [...]



FoodSubs Site

By • Oct 13th, 2006 • Category: Food, Health

This is a nice site for different food ingredients. You can find food items information with pictures and substitutes (alternatives). FoodSubs



LivingHalal In Action: Muslim Cabdrivers

By • Oct 11th, 2006 • Category: Community, News

Muslims cabdrivers refuse to carry customers with alcohol. Ma-sha-Allah Tabaraka Allah… May Allah help and reward these Muslims who strive for living Halal. MINNEAPOLIS –Cabdriver Muhamed Mursal doesn’t wear his Muslim beliefs on his sleeve, but he may soon broadcast them from a light atop his cab. Mursal and hundreds of other Muslim cabdrivers at [...]



Halal Jokes: Marriage Search

By • Oct 11th, 2006 • Category: Life, Marriage

From time to time we post some real world jokes… Our jokes, in-sha-Allah, will be halal (no lies or mockings because the prophet (SAW) forbade them even while joking). Here is one about marriage search. A: How is your Internet marriage search going? B: Don’t really know if these freaking sites really work or not. [...]



Supplements for Fatigue

By • Oct 3rd, 2006 • Category: Health

The prophet (peace be upon him) gave us a prescription for obtaining strength, (scholars said it’s for any kind of strength) before you sleep, you say: Sub-ha-na-Allah 33 times, Al-ham-duli-llah 33 times, and Allahu-ak-bar 34 times. It helps if you also maintain a healthy lifestyle with diet, exercise and sleeping habits. Here is a related [...]