i always eat at halal restaurants and i make sure the seal of halal certificate is displayed on the window. but what about those who claim to eat halal only and eat "vegetarian" dishes or any other dish so long as its not pork at places that also serve pork khamri etc.? isn't halal also about the preparation and not just simply about the content alone? like if a place serves pork, they are likely to use the same utensils, countertops to prepare everything they serve, thus cross-contaminating the foods.
even though i keep a strict halal diet, i wasn't always so, i used to think, its ok to eat permissible foods prepared by gaalos(people of the book) until i realized they are indiscriminately preparing their foods on the same counter, using the same knives to cut etc. so i completely stopped.
thank God I live in T.dot where there are more halal restaurants of every ethnic foods as one can imagine.
