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JAYPLAY WRITER
Area grocers help Muslims with diet needs
BY STEPHEN SHUPE
sshupe@kansan.com
WINTER
Some Muslims prefer not to eat in restaurants that serve alcohol, said Mariam Papa, first-year pharmacy student from Leawood.
Eating a Muslim diet in Lawrence presents a few challenges, but keeping certain guidelines in mind and knowing the ingredients of certain foods make correct dieting possible.
"It's kind of hard to eat in places that don't serve alcohol in America," said Papa. "Not all of us follow a strict code."
Islamic law classifies food and drink as either Halal, meaning it is
Ariful Huq, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, senior in electrical engineering, said his diet back home consisted mostly of rice and vegetables cooked in a variety of ways, and he missed rice and curry.
permissible for Muslims to consume, or Haram, meaning it is forbidden.
Alcohol and pork are both Haram, which means eating food prepared with alcohol or
"You can't exactly go into the local fast food restaurant and order that." he said.
Now he eats pizza and burgers,
It's kind of hard to eat in places that
don't serve alcohol in America."
pork ingredients, such as Pop-Tarts and marshmallows, is a noo.
According to www.eathalal.com, a Web site for Muslim consumers, most varieties of Kellogg's Pop-Tarts contain gelatin, an ingredient forbidden by Islamic law — though a few have been found to be free of Haram ingredients. Marshmallows also contain gelatin, as does yogurt.
As with any religious group, people devoted to Islam maintain different levels of spirituality.
Mariam Papa
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as long as they're not prepared with pork byproducts.
The Hossain family's diet includes eggs and bread for breakfast, rice and fish for lunch and tortillas and fruit for dinner.
Bangladesh Student Association, said he and his wife will let their son, Azain, a second-grader at Hillcrest Elementary, eat in the school cafeteria. The little guy enjoys the pizza — without pork.
M. D. Alamigir Hossain research associate in the department of chemistry and adviser to the
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Much of the Hossains' food can be bought in local supermarkets. Others, like Hilsa fish served over steaming rice, require trips to Middle Eastern stores like the
Ma Na, who runs the Halal Mart, 8330 E. Bannister Rd., with her husband in Kansas City, Mo., said her customers come from as far as Wichita and Columbia, Mo., to buy her products.
Inua Emporium, 10458 Metcalf Ave., in Overland Park
For a comprehensive guide to healthy Muslim dieting, read Zaheer Uddin's A Handbook of Halaal & Haraam Products. Uddin's book catalogs more than five thousand food products available in American supermarkets and assigns them to either a Halal or Haram category.
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Edited by Janette Crawford
AREA STORES WITH FOOD CLASSIFIED AS HALAL
Al Habashi Mart, 311 Main St., Kansas City, Mo., 816-421-6727
Pak Halal Meat, 12259 W.
87th St., Lenexa, 913-
599-0700
Halal Mart, 8330 E.
Bannister Rd., Kansas
City, Mo. 816-763-2450
YES OR NO?
The following American foods are classified as either Halal, permissible for Muslims to consume, or Haram, forbidden, and why.
Halal
Dunkin' Donuts: All Dunkin' donuts are free of animal-derived ingredients, and free of alcohol as well.
Pizza Hut: Cheese pizza, unless consumers ask their order to be cut with a clean knife, there is a chance of contamination
Haram
Slim-Fast Instant Soups: contains pork fat
Kraft Deluxe White Cheddar on Rotini: The cheeses are free of animal-derived ingredients (not true of other Kraft macaroni dinners).
contain pork肌
**Tootsie Rolls:** Whey in the candies may be questionable.
Dairy Queen soft serve:
DQ's soft serve contain vanilla essence, which usually contains alcohol.
- Burger King: Most items, including milk shakes, include animal rennet or are fried in the same oil as the meat products.
Source: www.eat-halal.com
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