Wednesday 10 June 2009

Halal beers

I came across this drink when I was watching akhbar youtube. Someone commented that there is the so-called 'halal beer' made from barley malt... bla3... me n my friends were a little shock. Then both of us went dining in one of halal restaurant in UK and there, again, we came across this so-called 'halal beer'. Non-alcoholic red & white wines, and also beers. Curiosity almost got us. We just an inch away from drinking those drinks. But Allah will and always protect us. That's the power of my believe.

Later at home, my mind wouldn't get off this so-called 'halal beer'. Google, the cheapest, easiest source of information. 672,000 google hits for halal beer. Most of muslim forums are still discussing about this matter. But most of the non-muslim websites are promoting this so-called 'halal beer' (eg: time.com, theasiannews.co.uk, news24.com)

I joined the muslimgirls livejournal group and address this matter for discussion. Some answers really hit me:

"just my opinion, but you would think that since it is haram to drink alcohol, even drinking non-alcoholic drinks that are made to look like alcoholic drinks would be haram too, even if no alcohol is ingested. it's the act in general. why model something after a haram act? why would you want to be seen drinking a non-alcoholic drink, when it would be haram if you were really drinking the alcoholic version. but i really don't know what the answer would be! i hope someone can help you" credit: goldseas

There are some acts towards this so-called 'halal beer'. I admit I have a shallow knowledge about this but I am still and want to learn more about this.