There has been a lot of confusion surrounding the announcement by Master Foods to introduce Animal Rennet into their sweets and chocolates and many of us are confused as to whether it is Halal or not. The following are some of the Fatwa’s floating around on the net:
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=7&ID=432&CATE=29
http://www.gmwa.org.uk/foodguide2/index.php?page=viewquestion&id=20
http://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=2841&ln=eng&txt=Animal%20Rennet
As you can see there is quite a Ikhtilaf on the issue and as one of the answers says you can probably get away with eating something that has Rennet in it, but piety and scrupulousness would entail staying away.
Your thoughts and comments are welcome
Was Salaam
Jashim
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Masterfoods seem to have changed their mind about using Rennet in their chocolates:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6673549.stm
I was hoping the Muslim Lobby would have been mentioned in the article, but I guess we did not lobby that well ? or maybe not at all ?
Jashim