{"id":10004,"date":"2012-04-14T18:33:05","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T23:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/?p=10004"},"modified":"2021-03-01T02:33:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T08:33:23","slug":"myth-1-halal-means-hocus-pocus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/myth-1-halal-means-hocus-pocus\/","title":{"rendered":"Myth #1: Halal Means \u2018Hocus Pocus\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This&nbsp;myth surprised me the most because it couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. When I heard that some people actually believe that eating halal involves Muslims putting magic spells over food, I thought it was absurd for anyone to think it could be true&#8211;and then realized they weren&#8217;t kidding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/raw-meat-640.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10008\" title=\"raw meat 640\" src=\"http:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/raw-meat-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/raw-meat-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/raw-meat-640-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/raw-meat-640-628x420.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><em>delicious spices on <a href=\"https:\/\/billydoemeats.com\/?sca_ref=612140.OUBMoNQMp3\">halal meat<\/a>&#8211; not magic dust&#8230;<!--more--><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The first thing one learns as a Muslim is the <em>shahadah<\/em> (there is no god but Allah, the One God). <a href=\"https:\/\/billydoemeats.com\/?sca_ref=612140.OUBMoNQMp3\">Meats<\/a> that are permissible to eat and then sacrificed as food for human consumption must <strong>never<\/strong> be dedicated to or sacrificed in the name of anyone other than God.<\/p>\n<p>Magic spells and idol worship are prohibited in Islam and food that is dedicated in a name other than God\u2019s name is also prohibited. And no, we don\u2019t worship Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him), nor do we dedicate our food to him. We simply revere him as the last prophet given to mankind and try to follow his example in the way he lived his life according to God\u2019s commands.<\/p>\n<p>{this is one in a series of posts about the myths of halal food that I plan to post}<\/p>\n<p><em>Is this a myth you\u2019ve heard before? What proof would you use to debunk it?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This&nbsp;myth surprised me the most because it couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. 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