This sections provide an overview of the role of the general custom in the determination of what is lawful and unlawful in foodstuffs, and then also a general characterisation of the relationship between Islam and science, as far as this concerns our subjects.............. Download the full article in pdf attachment (below)

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By Mohammad Hashim Kamali

A Shari’ah Perspective on Halal and Haram” part III, The Halal Journal, Kuala Lumpur, (November & December 2008), 36-40.