well, first of all let me thank you guys for your replies, especially Pristine: your posts have been very informative to me.
and I totally agree with you that the definition of Halal and Haram is different for different people.
but what i am trying to say is that it's a sad sight to see people eating meat, of which it's not clear if it is halal or not (it depends on the definition you use), while there is meat present, which everyone agrees to be halal.
as analyze_it has said, some people consider it Makrooh, but acceptable. but what I don't understand is, why eat something Makrooh when there is an opportunity present to eat something Halal.
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I think people are just very confused with what is Haram and what is halal, it is very difficult to tell when buying groceries in stores .. but still that is not an excuse for people to start eating it without really knowing whats in it.
I live in the US and my family is very picky and careful about such situations and we try to ask the people whats in it before we take it..
for example when you order a pizza from any restaurants make sure you tell them not to slice it, cuz they use the same pizza cutter on the meat one as on the vegetarian's.. and when buying food at grocery stores always read the back of the ingredients and you will be sure ...
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i know its a confusing thought. . ke dil nahin manta aur dil ka qusoor hay ..
let me put it this way yara.. ke couple of my friends, they dont see anything wrong in eating the icecream .. saying that there is nothing wrong in there.. (whey powder etc), but i always question, that hey we dont know for SURE that whats the origin of this whey powder? plant ? pork or any other animal .. if its plant, i eat the icecream, if its animal, i put it into a category of shakk,doubt,etc and just think that hey confused, the animal might have not been done the halal way and may have been used from the jhatka-system ..
but as pristine says, i agree..i just try to eat whats MORE right.. so if i have a QUESTIONABLE pizza and tuna sandwitch in front of me, i would take the tuna.. thats all