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Halal Food in Korea:
Reality and Possibility
ByFahadAbdullah
GuestReporter
A
fter President Park Geun-hye’s recent visit to the Middle
East the use of the term “halal food” became widespread
in Korea. However, what exactly halal food is remains a
mysterytomanypeoplehere.
MoststillthinkthathalalfoodisthesameasTurkishfood,Middle
Eastern food or Indian food because that’s what they are used to
seeing.
So let’s look at what exactly is halal food. “Halal” simply means
permitted or lawful. So when we are talking about halal foods, it
means any food that people are allowed to eat according to Islamic
law.ThismeansMuslimscannoteatfoodthatisnothalal,likepork
or pork byproducts, animals that were dead prior to slaughtering,
animals not slaughtered properly, carnivorous animals and birds of
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prey.
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According to the preceding de?nition of halal food, we can easily
saythatinordertoberecognizedashalalfood,itdoesn’tnecessarily
havetobeTurkishorMiddleEasternfood.Koreanfoodcanalsobe
recognizedashalalfoodifcertainrulesarefollowed.
The Korea Muslim Association has certified only five restaurants
that serve Korean halal food. In reality, the number of Korean
restaurantsthatservehalalfoodismorethanthat.However,duetoa
lackofknowledgeabouthalalfoodmanyKoreanrestaurantsarenot
getting that recognition despite serving halal food or the food that
Muslimsareallowedtoeat.
InordertoattractMuslimtourists,theKoreaTourismOrganization
has taken some initiatives recently. It is trying to provide education
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