Diet. Muslims will eat only permitted food (halal) and will not eat or drink anything that is considered forbidden (haram). ... A Muslim does not eat generally available meat or food that contains animal fats, in case it contains pork fat or fat from other animals not ritually slaughtered.

What does Islam say about eating meat?

In Islam, eating meat is regarded as halal, which means Muslims are allowed to do it under the rules of their religion. Some Muslims believe that rejecting what has been allowed by the word of God is haram (the opposite of halal – against the wishes of God).

What foods are forbidden in Islam?

According to the Quran, the only foods explicitly forbidden are meat from animals that die of themselves, blood, the animals that eat meat or skin like pigs or snakes.