tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post588650517582744239..comments2024-03-19T09:06:21.507-04:00Comments on Irtiqa: Halal MakeupSalman Hameedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-57520146379170551442010-10-26T23:39:52.698-04:002010-10-26T23:39:52.698-04:00@ Ali, yes I am talking of an impossibility. I ver...@ Ali, yes I am talking of an impossibility. I very well know that ugly and clean will always co-exist, and the world can never be perfectly "clean". We have make an effort to remain clean, but then whose definition of clean should we follow? What is haram for me can be halal for you and vice-a versa. When the "non-halal" people with all their good intentions create their beauty products, they also go through the chemical tests etc. to ensure that everything is perfectly clean and safe for the skin. So why should they be considered "haram" in the eyes of God.ohmygodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374550066956745016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-63896509345184895972010-10-23T01:04:08.144-04:002010-10-23T01:04:08.144-04:00Ali,
Thanks for your comments. For surgical tools,...Ali,<br />Thanks for your comments. For surgical tools, I am sure that the Saudis (or any ultra-conservative scholars) will justify using alcohol (for sterilization) on "necessity" grounds.<br /><br />@ ohmygod,<br />You've raised several issues:<br />1/ Why is there something unclean or non-halal? This is the old "why is there bad/evil stuff in the world; why doesn't God prevent the (very) ugly stuff from happening, including big disasters, etc."? There are many possible answers to this, including what Ali said, namely that the world would be boring or perhaps not exist at all (if anything "bad" is removed, then everything is equal and static). Another answer is "because God gave us reason and wants to see us use it well and on our own"; if he makes everything perfect, then what's the point of us going through it at all? And other arguments like this.<br />2/ Can we try to go "clean" without following this "halal" route? Good question. That goes to the heart of defining "halal" in the first place, and of course of defining "clean"...<br />3/ Isn't this all a big-buck enterprise that we are being fooled to follow? In this particular case, yes indeed, I would certain say so...Nidhal Guessoumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638764091228065424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-9041460472238051362010-10-22T22:03:09.661-04:002010-10-22T22:03:09.661-04:00@ ohmygod
"If he expected humans to follow ...@ ohmygod <br /><br />"If he expected humans to follow only clean things, he should have made everything clean and halal in the first place."<br /><br />Have you even tried ONCE to imagine what that would be like? <br /><br />For me it appears that you are talking of an impossibility.Alinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-85229224067900481922010-10-22T06:42:56.814-04:002010-10-22T06:42:56.814-04:00If God created the entire universe, why did he mak...If God created the entire universe, why did he make somethings clean and some dirty? If he expected humans to follow only clean things, he should have made everything clean and halal in the first place. And now that all the non-halal people take so much pain to create their own clean stuff, why are they still bad in the eyes of God? All this defies logic. I think this halal make-up business is an insult to all those who use other (non-halal and) perfectly clean materials. But any way, I think the religion and the market are together making a fast buck this way.ohmygodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374550066956745016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-60895379932235460552010-10-18T18:34:13.062-04:002010-10-18T18:34:13.062-04:00I saw a small clip of the Amsterdam store on CNN. ...I saw a small clip of the Amsterdam store on CNN. It is so funny, I thought. It is not like anything I imagined. :) <br /><br />A bigger issue for me is if we are to be using 100 percent halal stuff, all the time, then much needs to be done. This also means there is a lot of potential that prospective businesses can even experiment on. <br /><br />I have never been to Saudi Arabia but I wonder whether they use surgical spirit in their hospitals they way it is used in most hospitals. I don't think '100 percent halal' can be practised at least in hospitals. We can make creams and lotions for general use without alcohol, but to completely avoid it in pharmaceutical prodcuts used for medical purposes is I think impossible.Alinoreply@blogger.com