Can a muslim eat kosher?

Question

i am a muslim and below the age of 18 so please no unplesent language.

Answer 1

I believe so, as long as its not pork or pork products.

Answer 2

Yes, but always read the ingredients list. I do just to be on the safe side, it doesn't take long to check the contents of the food you're about to eat.

I know that the Jewish religion prohibits the consumption of pork just like the muslims.

Answer 3

Yeh, for sure. Now you know, eh?

Answer 4

yep

they just dont eat pork or any food that contains additives of pork.

Answer 5

How can you not know this?  Kosher is Jewish for a start - how have you been alive for 18 years and not know what your religion will allow you to eat!!!!

Answer 6

Of course. Anything labled Kosher is perfectly acceptable for muslims to eat. Except for pork and alcohol. Even then it is not a sin if that product is kosher. Thanks Apostle Paul

Answer 7

You definitely need to check out the specific foods.  Some are halal; some are not.

Answer 8

The dietary rules for kosher and muslim food are very very similar so I think you would be just fine following a kosher diet.  I am not as well versed in the Muslim restrictions however, so double check as there may be one or two things that don't work in both diets.

Answer 9

NOPE A MUSLIM CANNOT EAT KOSHER MEAT .

BECAUSE KOSHER DOESN'T MEAN HALAL.

THE REASON IS THAT TO BE HALAL THE ANIMAL " MUST" BE SLAUTERED " ONLY AND ONLY" BY A MUSLIM PERSON.

AND BY THE WAY KOSHER IS NOT HEALTHIER THAN HALAL.( SO GET OVER IT).

SO EATING KOSHER " MEAT" IS HARAM JUST LIKE EATNG PORK.

( AND FOR THOSE WHO ANSWERED WITHOUT KNOLEDGE ' READ THE HOLY Q'URAN, THE ANSWER IS THERE".

Answer 10

ahaha yeahh of course its healthier too

Answer 11

Of course you can everyone can eat kosher, unless they are allergic to some of the ingredients.

Answer 12

Are Kosher Products Halaal?

This is a question that comes up once in a while. Let us take the time to provide a thorough analysis. In Islam, halaal means 'lawful' or 'permitted' and refers to all matters of life, not just food. So, Islamically, it is proper to refer to pure foods, marriage to a person whose bloodline is sufficiently far from one’s own bloodline, and having marital relations during the nights of Ramadaan as being halal. In the same light, it is proper to refer to pork, marriage to your sister or brother, and marital acts performed between dawn and sunset - a.k.a., the fasting hours – during the month of Ramadaan, as haraam. In fact, any knowingly shameful deed is considered haraam.

When it comes to meat and poultry, Muslims also use the term dhabeeha to refer to meat from a halaal animal slaughtered by a Muslim in the prescribed Islamic way. (Meat from haraam animals does not become halaal, even if it is slaughtered in the prescribed Islamic way and a Muslim would never slaughter a haraam animal.)

Conversely, kosher is a term associated only with food. It has a similar meaning as halaal does in the context of food, but there are also m a n y    d i f f e r e n c e s .  Some of the differences are listed below:

    * Islam prohibits all intoxicants, including alcohols, liquors and wines, whereas Judaism regards alcohol and wines as kosher. Hence kosher foods may contain alcohol. If they do, they are considered haraam in Islam.

    * Gelatin is considered kosher by many Jews regardless of its source of origin. For Muslims, if gelatin is prepared from swine or cows that are not dhabeeha, it is haraam.

    * Kosher practice does not require Jews to pronounce the name of God on the animals while slaughtering, but Muslims must pronounce the name of Allaah on all animals while in the act of slaughtering.

There are other differences between halaal and kosher that make some kosher products haraam or questionable with respect to Muslim consumption.

These differences may seem minor to some. However, indulging in acts or cuisine that is haraam is a very serious offense against Allaah. Consuming alcohol or pork is a clear violation of Allaah's commandments and should not be taken lightly. The pronouncement of the name of Allaah at the time of slaughter is an act of worship and obedience in its own right. Not only is this pronouncement an act of worship of the most high unto itself, it also is the key to many blessings and bounties.

Muslims and non-Muslims alike can taste the difference in meat slaughtered in a benign, humane manner and meat slaughtered while foregoing the rite's inherent compassion to the animal.

Answer 13

First off, "below the age of 18" doesn't mean anything. If you swear, it doesn't mean your age. Being eighteen doesn't give you a right to swear, like giving you a right to have s*x. I know people who never swear and they're fifty, and so many others who swear every other word, from ten all the way up to my relatives at sixty.

Anyway. Kosher is for the Jewish religion. Yet Halal is the same as kosher, more or less. It is just how it is prepared, which is almost exactly the same way. I provided a link on it.

It is more or less no pork, no blood, no animals slaughtered for anyone else but Allah, carrion, carnivorous animals, donkeys, and all insects except locust. Some of these are obvious but they're still worth mentioning. I'm figuring you know this. But there is a debate going on if one can eat kosher because it is done by a Jew, and not a Muslim. I'm guessing it'd be too hard to get halal food where you live, but kosher is a lot easier.

Answer 14

Muslims can eat kosher however....kosher cuisine can include alcohol, which is prohibited in Islam and some kosher gelatine can have a small amount of gelatin, for they have different schools of thought on the kosher gelatin subject in kosher law...

So basically muslims can eat kosher, but make sure no alcohol such as cooking wines e.t.c. and kosher gelatine was used.

Answer 15

Diedrich Knickerbocker - you are incorrect about gelatin.  If it doesn't have a hechser, then it is not kosher because it will contain pig fat - which is not kosher.

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Muslim and Jewish people that keep Kosher have very similar laws.

Yes, you should have no problems eating Kosher and still stay in your laws of hallal.

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Try this link:

Kosher for Muslims - Halal

Islamic Dietary Laws include prohibitions against alcohol and pork and rules about slaughtering animals. What is the difference between kosher and halal?

http://kosherfood.about.com/od/muslimdie...

Answer 16

it is explicitly allowed in the q'ran

Surah Maa'ida: 5

This day are (all) things Good and pure made lawful unto you. The food of the People of the Book(Jews) is lawful unto you(Muslims) and yours is lawful unto them.

A Muslim should always seek halal food, because the name of G_d has been pronounced on the animal upon slaughter, but failing to find any , the next choice should be Kosher food.

Answer 17

Yes, a muslim can eat kosher if he wishes to.

In full honestly, muslims already obey one of the rules involved in eating kosher in that they do not eat pork!

As already stated eating kosher also typically means eating healthier, but as a forewarning, is usually also more expensive then normal food.

Kosher food tends to be examined more closely which would usually mean better quality to the food.

Kosher beef (cow) for example, would only come from the front half of the cow, never from the back end.

Eating kosher also ensures that there will be no other forms of foods mixed within whatever you are eating, for religious reasons, but also means the food is better in purity.

I have friends who are both Christian and Muslim who eat kosher, and they are pretty happy with it!

Some people like it, some people don't!

Anyway good luck with your decision.

Hope this helped,

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