Why eat kosher?

Answer 1

Islam is another of the world's religions that is a way of life, which means everything the believer does must conform to particular rules; this ensures that whatever the person does, it is conducted in a godly manner. Muslims only eat halal meat because of the dietary laws of their faith. The meat has been blessed, and it is meat from animals that are permitted under Islamic religious law (very similar to the Kosher laws in Judaism).

For meat to be halal, it must not be from a pig (no bacon or ham or pork) nor contain any byproducts of a forbidden (haram) animal. All the blood must be drained from it after it is slaughtered, since blood must never be consumed. And the blessing "Bismillah" (in the name of Allah) must be spoken when the animal is slaughtered, as a reminder that whatever is done, it is done to glorify Allah (God). Halal meat is a reminder to Muslims that even eating can be a holy act. Religious Muslims believe that following the dietary laws shows respect for Allah and is it thus an essential aspect of their faith.

Answer 2

Technically yes. Religious Muslims keep strict dietary laws similar to those of the Jews and it is written in the Muslim Koran that that which a Jew can eat, a Muslim can eat. However, Muslims can eat kosher but Jews can not necessarily eat everything a Muslim can eat.

Answer 3

Yes, absolutely!

Many Muslims do eat kosher food; in fact, quite a lot of non Jews prefer kosher food because they know the standards are so strict.

But because the kosher rules are slightly stricter than the Muslim halal rules, Jews can't eat halal food.

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Answer 4

Meat is just one type of food that's governed by the laws of kashrut. The basis of kashrut is found in the Torah which provides the guidelines for how Jews can live righteously. Religious Jews will only eat kosher food which covers every single item that can potentially be eaten.

Answer 5

It is considered cleaner and healthier. Pork is Haram (which is opposite of halal) because pigs are supposedly dirty animals, while chicken is a cleaner animal and is therefore halal. Pork contains many types of microbes that can make you ill, but it is also spiritually unclean.

Note the difference between halal and zabiha, also. What is halal is not always zabiha, but what is zabiha is always halal. Zabiha refers to the meat upon which the name of God has been said before killing the animal. There is also a stated method of killing the animal to make it zabiha, and this serves the purpose of removing as much blood from the animal as possible to improve taste and more importantly because of the fact that blood is germ-laden, and killing as humanely as possible.

Some Muslims do not consider halal any meat that is not zabiha. This is based on a ruling which says that the meat killed by Christians and Jews is halal for Muslims also. However, the question now is that we do not know the religion of the person who killed an animal, and then there is a question of the machine-slaughtered animals. Other Muslims site another ruling which says that if we ourselves proclaim the name of God on the meat prior to eating, it is Halal for us.

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irrelevant to justifications above, It is the Muslim requirement to be obedient to God commands per Quran and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) sunnah. Food forbidden to eat and/or drink per Islam teachings should be followed at no debate so far it is God conmmand. Refer to related question below.

Answer 6

Jews eat kosher food because that is a part of their path to living righteously as specified in the Torah. The core guidelines for food production and consumption can be found in the Torah, primarily in the books of Deuteronomy and Leviticus.

Answer 7

For the most part, yes, but kosher is the Jewish regulation for food products. It just happens that, for the most part, the rules for kashrut are more stringent than halal, the Islamic requirements. There are two exceptions to this general rule that Muslims can eat kosher food:

(1) Alcohol: Kashrut includes some varieties of alcoholic drinks which are explicitly forbidden to Muslims, and

(2) Meat: There is a debate as to whether the Rabbinical prayer uttered at the moment of ritual slaughter of meat qualifies as "tasmiyya" or the invocation of God's name. Since it is not the typical Islamic "bismilla" but a Jewish prayer, a minority of Hanafi Sunni Muslims argue that it is insufficient to qualify and, therefore, hold all Jewish meat to be "haram" or forbidden. The majority disagree, holding that the Jewish God and Islamic God are the same God and, therefore, a Jewish prayer counts as a valid "tasmiyya", since the purpose is to get God's blessing for the sacrifice.

Answer 8

Yes, but their form of kosher is Halal.

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When halal food isn't available, most Muslims will eat kosher food.

Answer 9

Yes, Muslims can eat kosher food. Abraham is the patriarch of both Muslims and Jews and the dietary laws are almost the same only some halal ritual slaughter laws are slightly less strict.