Is halal for Muslims pretty much the same thing as kosher for Jews?

Answer 1

well kosher is when the meat is blessed in short and HALAL is how they bleed the animals in short

Answer 2

I'm Jewish and the way I see it is in short it's very similar. Kosher depends on the way it's killed (same as halal - jugualr vein cut) and in Kosher meat the way it is treated after slaughter - it is heavily salted twice to remove all the blood, Liver is burnt for the same reason.

Kosher also refers to all other food, certain additives are forbidden e.g Cochineal which is crushed bugs (incidentally this is included in some halal sweets). Many fat derived products are forbidden if they are derived from anmal fat. Traditional gelatine is forbidden (manafacturers tend to used fish gelatine or vegetable gelatine if they are making kosher products. The list is endless, many products which are not specifically kosher have some symbols which imply they are kosher - a U in a circle on American products a KLBD (which is stylized) on British and some European products.

A fuller answer would require much more space.

Answer 3

Yup, I'm Muslim. Halal is when you pray over the animal before you cut it, to make it pure. Its the same thing generally as kosher.


Take Care!

Answer 4

kind of the muslims can eat shell fish whereas jews cant

Answer 5

“This day are (all) good things made lawful for you. The food of those who have received the Scripture is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them..."

Qur'an (5:5)

Answer 6

May be yes.
Halal in Islam means which is "just/right/proper"(I think so)
I don't about judaism

Answer 7

The short answer is "yes"...stay tuned for the longer answer.

Answer 8

Yep, and "haram" means "forbidden."

Answer 9

Yes.

Raised jewish, then converted to Islam.
Trust me i know.

Answer 10

I think so too...yeah!