Muslims living in today's world often find themselves confused and lost by the long list of ingredients printed on the back of food packages.  Where no Muslim have difficulty accepting the pork meat as being Haraam, yet they may not often realize the food they are eating may contain byproducts from pigs. Although these pages are not "religious rulings" and are only intended as informational, it might help those who try hard to stay within the guidelines of Shariah. There have been several positive developments in recent years with respect to the marketing of the products that will help us identifying a product as religiously suitable or not. 1. Ingredient Label Requirements: By far the most significant development has been the laws and regulations regarding labeling the ingredients of the products which will allow consumers know rather clearly a list of ingredients a product contains. These laws and regulations have been drawn mainly by safety concerns due to research and sometimes litigations and also general trend toward living a healthier life. 2. Living Healthy (Better Informed Consumers): Recent development in health and medicine, and countless research has indicated that the quality of life depend to a large extent on the diet a person follows. what is known today about the long term destructive effects of some food ingredients has direct relationship to their marketing. For example, these days you need to look hard to find animal fat oil (lard) on the shelves of a grocery store among tens of vegetable oil products, a 180 degree reversal from 20-30 years ago.

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3. Market Pressure: As consumers become better informed, they demand the healthier products and shun away from the unhealthier ones. That by itself has created many new alternatives to traditional food ingredients. Today, it is easy to recognize the words "Vegetable Oil" among the list of ingredients of many products. Furthermore, there seems to be a rush to substitute healthier vegetable oils for the traditional ones. In fact most companies print their toll free numbers on their packages and encourage their customers to ask questions about their products.

4. Information Technology Advances (Internet/Satellite/TV/Radio/Print Media etc.): Technological developments in the past couple of decades has opened a huge opportunity for getting the right information about food and food ingredients. Today there are countless health and food programs on TV and Radio with programs dedicated to healthful living. World Wide Web had opened a Pandora's box that any consumer can search billions of pieces of information all around the world to find out most accurate information about food and food ingredients.

5. Change in Demographics (Role of Immigrants and Religious Minorities): In United States, the presence of new immigrants has brought about huge changes in the market. Latinos now comprise a significant part of the population and in some major metropolitan cities becoming the official majority in those cities. These days, it is hard to not to find a Mexican type restaurant or food store even in small towns. Islam has been the most rapid growing religion in the U.S. While many groups do not have much restriction on the food, Jews and Muslims who want to adhere to the guidelines of their religion find the market much more restricted. Jews, for many years have had the Kosher food available to them at many grocery stores as well as their own small shops that are dedicated to selling Kosher food.  Their long presence in this country has had a direct impact on such availability.  Muslims on the other hand had largely tried to stay away from getting involved in the general market and have consistently relied on small local shops. This is obviously working fine in large metropolitan areas such as Detroit that presence of thousands of Muslims and strong Muslim communities has led to hundred of shops and restaurants being available throughout the area. But is is a different scenario in smaller towns and communities. Obviously, the conditions have much improved and now we have several nationally recognized Halaal product companies throughout the U.S. with distribution capabilities across the land.

What Can We Do to Improve the Situation

Most traditional Muslim families try to find the solutions by going to a shop that claims to sell the Halaal food, often run by immigrant Muslims themselves. They often buy products, that may not even pass a simple health and safety inspection, for the fact that they are claimed to be Halaal.  There has been several new companies that have recently opened to act as certifiers of Halaal products. Yet there remains a major need to get large companies involved in marketing the Halaal products and bringing a market pressure to the food companies to avoid the ingredients which are Haraam in their products.

Here is some suggestions, some do not even take 5 minutes of your time:

1. Talk to Store Managers: ask whether they have Halaal food.  The more people who ask, the more chances that the store acts upon the requests.  many store managers report market feedback to the companies where in most cases it is acted upon. Some store managers can also order the products themselves.

2. Call Companies: Most companies have toll free numbers printed on their product boxes. Call them and ask whether the ingredients in their products is animal based or not or whether they have products that can be certified Halaal. Do not worry if they do not know what Halaal is, just explain in simple terms.  You do not need to bring the issue of Zabeeha when you are asking whether the MONO Di GLYCERIDE they are using in their breads is animal or vegetable based. Remember, companies act upon the consumer feedback more often that what you think.

3. Educate Yourself and Share the Information: Learn what ingredients have animal base and try to find products that don't contain them or have their vegetable type in them. Share your finding with others and let create an informed and active consumer base.  Search Internet, and if you find appropriate information, let us know to share with others on our Web site.  

به ترتيب سي جزء قرآن كريم
الجزء ۱	الجزء ۱۱	الجزء ٢۱
الجزء ٢	الجزء ۱٢	الجزء ٢٢
الجزء ٣	الجزء ۱٣	الجزء ٢٣
الجزء ٤	الجزء ۱٤	الجزء ٢٤
الجزء ٥	الجزء ۱٥	الجزء ٢٥
الجزء ٦	الجزء ۱٦	الجزء ٢٦
الجزء ٧	الجزء ۱٧	الجزء ٢٧
الجزء ٨	الجزء ۱٨	الجزء ٢٨
الجزء ٩	الجزء ۱٩	الجزء ٢٩
الجزء ۱٠	الجزء ٢٠	الجزء ٣٠

به ترتيب سوره هاي قرآن كريم
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السورة النبأ	٧٨	السورة غافر	٤٠	السورة البقرة	٢
السورة النازعات	٧٩	السورة فصلت	٤۱	السورة آل عمران	٣
السورة عبس	٨٠	السورة الشورى	٤٢	السورة النساء	٤
السورة التكوير	٨۱	السورة الزخرف	٤٣	السورة المائدة	٥
السورة الانفطار	٨٢	السورة الدخان	٤٤	السورة الانعام	٦
السورة المطففين	٨٣	السورة الجاثية	٤٥	السورة الاعراف	٧
السورة الانشقاق	٨٤	السورة الاحقاف	٤٦	السورة الانفال	٨
السورة البروج	٨٥	السورة محمد	٤٧	السورة التوبة	٩
السورة الطارق	٨٦	السورة الفتح	٤٨	السورة يونس	۱٠
السورة الاعلى	٨٧	السورة الحجرات	٤٩	السورة هود	۱۱
السورة الغاشية	٨٨	السورة ق	٥٠	السورة يوسف	۱٢
السورة الفجر	٨٩	السورة الذاريات	٥۱	السورة الرعد	۱٣
السورة البلد	٩٠	السورة الطور	٥٢	السورة ابراهيم	۱٤
السورة الشمس	٩۱	السورة النجم	٥٣	السورة الحجر	۱٥
السورة الليل	٩٢	السورة القمر	٥٤	السورة النحل	۱٦
السورة الضحى	٩٣	السورة الرحمن	٥٥	السورة الاسراء	۱٧
السورة الشرح	٩٤	السورة الواقعة	٥٦	السورة الكهف	۱٨
السورة التين	٩٥	السورة الحديد	٥٧	السورة مريم	۱٩
السورة العلق	٩٦	السورة المجادلة	٥٨	السورة طه	٢٠
السورة القدر	٩٧	السورة الحشر	٥٩	السورة الانبياء	٢۱
السورة البينة	٩٨	السورة الممتحنة	٦٠	السورة الحج	٢٢
السورة الزلزلة	٩٩	السورة الصف	٦۱	السورة المؤمنون	٢٣
السورة العاديات	۱٠٠	السورة الجمعه	٦٢	السورة النور	٢٤
السورة القارعة	۱٠۱	السورة المنافقون	٦٣	السورة الفرقان	٢٥
السورة التكاثر	۱٠٢	السورة التغابن	٦٤	السورة الشعراء	٢٦
السورة العصر	۱٠٣	السورة الطلاق	٦٥	السورة النمل	٢٧
السورة الهمزة	۱٠٤	السورة التحريم	٦٦	السورة القصص	٢٨
السورة الفيل	۱٠٥	السورة الملك	٦٧	السورة العنكبوت	٢٩
السورة قريش	۱٠٦	السورة القلم	٦٨	السورة الروم	٣٠
السورة الماعون	۱٠٧	السورة الحاقة	٦٩	السورة لقمان	٣۱
السورة الكوثر	۱٠٨	السورة المعارج	٧٠	السورة السجدة	٣٢
السورة الكافرون	۱٠٩	السورة نوح	٧۱	السورة الاحزاب	٣٣
السورة النصر	۱۱٠	السورة الجن	٧٢	السورة سبأ	٣٤
السورة المسد	۱۱۱	السورة المزمل	٧٣	السورة فاطر	٣٥
السورة الإخلاص	۱۱٢	السورة المدثر	٧٤	السورة يس	٣٦
السورة الفلق	۱۱٣	السورة القيامة	٧٥	السورة الصافات	٣٧
السورة الناس	۱۱٤	السورة الانسان	٧٦	السورة ص	٣٨

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