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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
halal
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He walks down the Stroud Green Road, past the halal shops and the yam shops.
▪ One of the cooks might be able to do kosher meals, another halal food, depending on the client group.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
halal

1855, Arabic, literally "lawful." Halal food has been prepared in a manner prescribed by Islamic law.

Wiktionary
halal
  1. 1 (context of food English) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs. 2 (context Islam English) Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do. v

  2. (context transitive English) To make halal.

WordNet
halal
  1. adj. proper or legitimate; "the fund earns halal profits in full compliance with the Shari'a"

  2. conforming to dietary laws; "halal meat"; "a halal kitchen"

  3. n. (Islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah

Wikipedia
Halal

Halāl ( , "permissible"), also spelled hallal or halaal, is any object or action which is permissible to use or engage in, according to Islamic law. The term covers and designates not only food and drink but also all matters of daily life. It is one of five Ahkam— fard (compulsory), mustahabb (recommended), halal (allowed), makruh (disliked), haram (forbidden)—that define the morality of human action in Islam. Mubah is also used to mean "permissible" or "allowed" in Islam.

Generally in Islam, every object and action is considered permissible unless there is a prohibition of it in the Islamic scriptures.

Halal (film)

Halal (Marathi: हलाल) is the first film of Amol Kagne Productions is directed by National Award winning director Shivaji Lotan Patil. The film deals with the theme of loyalty, love and the institution of marriage that is deemed to be pious by society. It is a story of human emotions, which depicts the trials and tribulations that women in our society have gone through. Halal film is screened at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Halal film also screened at Goa Film Festival.

Halal premiered at the Pune International Film Festival 2016. Halal also screened at the 2016 Aurangabad International Film Festival.

Usage examples of "halal".

Startled, Halal forced his eyes to focus and looked first bewildered, then scared.

My name is Jamid Halal and I'll be your host for what you're about to endure.

One is supposed to swallow and digest only the permitted parts of it, the halal portions of the past, drained of their redness, their blood.

Randy does a one-eighty, goes back inside to the halal Dunkin' Donuts, which accepts eight currencies, and sates himself.

He was about to tell Cantrell about Pontifex, but they are very close to the halal Dunkin' Donuts, and people are looking at them.