My question to you is, can you live without eating them or not?
I have avoided it so far because of the "doubt" since i came here !
Used to eat them in Dubai as i was not aware abt this !
But then the same applies to kosher . If a product says kosher gelatin for example how does that make it ok because at the end of the day its still not entirely by islamic practice !
The apprehension in your sentence says it all...:)
If you don't feel comfortable eating them, then don't....until you feel that you have aquired the necessary knowledge to act on otherwise.
I've said it before, i believe that shellfish is permissable, i'm at that school of thought..... having said that i eat any ghandh bla....:p
**Maroush , I have decided to avoid all till i have a clear answer that is satisfactory to me where it says yes i can have them **
like TLK points out , if u can live without it then avoid it