halal food
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- noun
- /hɑːˈlɑːl fuːd/
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comida halal
- Many restaurants in the city now offer halal food to accommodate the dietary needs of Muslim customers.
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"Such an airline could provide Halal food, calls for prayer, Korans in seat pockets, religious programs on the inflight entertainment system, and separate sections for male and female passengers.
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A halal food truck, parked at the intersection of William Street and Wall Street, had a line form in front of it.
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Does she know that in London most schools started serving Halal food?
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We also had halal food served on campus, but this is something we paid for with our own funds.
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The problem is that in many areas, halal food is being fed to all without telling non-Muslims about it.
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Halal food is now being offered for school dinners, and religious clothing is allowed in the workplace.
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Halal food is now being offered for school dinners, and religious clothing is allowed in the workplace.
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After that, as all public schools created kosher/vegan/halal menus, the demand for kosher/vegan/halal foods would serve to drive prices down.
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Want to sell halal food? Then clearly label it as such, but don't make all meat halal; i.e., don't force non-Muslims to buy halal meat.
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There is no mandatory labeling for kosher or halal food, crops grown from tissue culture, crops whose chromosomes have been doubled with colchicine, crops developed with the use of mutagens, or any number of things.
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How Permitted
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'food that is permitted under Islamic law' is directly and compositionally derived from 'halal' (permitted under Islamic rules) + 'food' (things eaten); the adjective+noun structure follows regular English patterns so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning. Although 'halal' is culturally specific and sometimes a loanword, its meaning is literal rather than idiomatic, making the phrase predictable for learners.
Etymology
Halal food comes from the Arabic word halal, which means 'permitted' or 'allowed'. It marks food that follows Islamic rules, for example animals killed in a special way and no pork or alcohol. So, halal food means food Muslims are allowed to eat under their religion.