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LUCKY CHARMS CEREAL : As far as the marshmallows in Lucky Charms cereal are concerned, I do not know whether they contain pork-derived gelatin or not. However, in the 1991 edition of _A Comprehensive List of Halal Food Products in U.S. Supermarkets_, Lucky Charms cereal was list as in the NOT halal column, meaning that either it contained forbidden substances or that no confirmation of indgredients could be obtained from the manufacturer.By the way, the Qur'an contains an exception for necessity. If you are in danger of dying from thirst, for example, you can drink wine. Similarly if no other food is available and you are in danger of dying, you can eat pork.As for abortion, arms trading and terrorism, they are three other subjects on which Islam has rules of behaviour.Many (if not most) modern Muslims believe abortion is not permitted in any circumstance except to save the mother's life. However, the actual teaching of the scholars is less restrictive. Abortion is always to be discouraged and should be avoided. Nevertheless, it is tolerated during the period following conception until "quickening" (to use a word once used by Christians in the same context) or "ensoulment", that is, until the embryo is a true, soul-bearing human being. Like the early Christians, the traditional Muslim doctrine is that quickening occurs around the 4th month. Thus, while discouraged, abortion is tolerated during the first trimester of pregnancy.If the Christian church had maintained that distinction, we would certainly have much less social and legal turmoil over the issue of abortion. In practical terms,
LUCKY CHARMS CEREAL : "Minutia of doctrine" is a problem, and we see too much bickering over it.But the command not to eat pork is not some obscure interpretation of somecontested hadeeth. It is a command from our Creator *very* clearly spelledout in scripture.I do not, at the moment, have any power to stop terrorism or arms tradinghere and now, today. I *do* have the freedom to choose to live according tothe way of life as shown to us in the Qur'an.--G. Waleed Kavalec-------------------Do not act in response to how you wish the world was.Act in response to how the world is.OK, agreed that the prohibition against pork is unambiguous to any andevery observant Muslim. But is there a question of priorities?For example, forget about arms trading and consider charity. What would you say to the argument that everyone should eschew porkchops and bacon and eat halal as much as possible,BUT given a choice between spending your time on charity (say,teaching a poor person to read)and investigating the possibility of and campaigning against traceamounts of pork in breakfast cereal (or another example: trace amountsof alcohol in soft drink syrup),it is better to do the charity work.In other words, even though not eating pork is a very important partof Islamic identity and charity (while one of the five pillars) issomething all sorts of kafir engage in, zakat is "Islamically" ahigher priority.
LUCKY CHARMS CEREAL : I guess this raises a broader question, namley how do you accesspriorities (such as the ones described above) Islamically?That's a tough one. I don't feel qualified to answer. Yet ;-)I do believe it is important to keep food manufacturers like General Millsaware of the the Muslim and kosher market. This kind of news does just that.I also realize that different individuals will have different reactions torealizing a cereal they liked contains pork products. Ranging from "ohdarn" to zealous anger.Me, if I get a hamburger mistakenly prepared with bacon strips I take themoff, I *don't* throw the whole hamburger away. Wasting Allah's bounty issinful too. My point? Minor contamination is one thing, deliberate anddeceitful use of haram ingredients is another.We are repeatedly enjoined to use our common sense and reason. Thatincludes gathering knowledge.
LUCKY CHARMS CEREAL : --G. Waleed Kavalec-------------------Do not act in response to how you wish the world was.Act in response to how the world is.Nice try. No the above are NOT fine. They are forbidden acts, too.--G. Waleed Kavalec-------------------Do not act in response to how you wish the world was.Act in response to how the world is.Of course they were. Moderate Christians and Muslims are very quick to distance themselves from radical brethren who embarrass them. In their speed to do so, they often overlook three facts, that are true of both religions. (1) Both the Bible and the Quran admit a large range of interpretation. Kavalec puts this to good use, applying his "reason and common sense." Alas, others apply their reason and zealotry. (2) Both of these religions purposely draw a distinction between the secular world and the spiritual world. Christians are in this world, not of this world. Muslims separate themselves by practice and theory from the "kuffir." Christians view themselves as in the body of Christ. Muslims in the ummah. Both are certain that whatever loss this separation incurs in *this* world is compensated in the next. In this context, what does "common sense" mean? If it is something common to both the religious and the secular world, then is it really what the religion demands of its adherents? And if it is distinctive to the religion, then it might seem radical and dangerous from a secular viewpoint. (3) The radicals are following the recommendedpath to reach valid interpretation. They read scripture, they pray, they ask for God's or Allah's guidance, they listen to fellow believers, trying to discern who is in theright path and who not, and then they decide the path to follow.
LUCKY CHARMS CEREAL : I was eating my Lucky Charms today, and while scooping my spoon to pickup a big helpin' of frosted oats and marshmallow bits, I chanced upon something that gave me quite a stir. What I found looked amazing like thatlittle Christian fish symbol that we all know and love (ichthus?). As Istarted searching through the rest of my Lucky Charms I noticed that itwasn't just a fluke - there were more. But I've always been told that 'luck' and 'charms' were not of God. So howis it possible for this to exist? I also found it to contain the star ofDavid (orange stars), a cloven hoof or Omega (purple horseshoe), andthe immaculate heart (pink heart).So, I need some help from people out there....is it okay for me to eatLucky Charms or not?
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