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Muslims, to what extent do your beliefs influence where you dine out?

This is mainly for those living outside of the Middle East, where the majority of restaurants/diners/fast food places are not muslim-owned, have non-MIddle Eastern cuisine, and at least one pork-related product on the menu...

*Do you avoid ALL non-Muslim restaurants/food places (sticking strictly to local spots that are Muslim-owned or have purely pork-free Middle Eastern cuisine) or do you eat at other restaurants, but avoid certain menu items?

For those that venture out and eat at other types of restaurants/food places, what "degree" of pork content is "acceptable" in your opinion? For example...

*Do you avoid Asian cuisine outright, since (with the exception of Sushi restaurants) some of the same utensils and cookware (like a wok or flat grill) may be used to cook more than one type of meat (including pork) without being washed between orders? ...or are "trace" amounts of pork fat in your Fried Rice or Beef & Broccoli dish okay?

*Do you avoid KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) completely or just the baked beans side dish?

*Do you avoid McDonald's completely or just the McRib?

*Do you avoid Burger King completely or just the Bacon Cheeseburgers?

*Do you avoid pizza places like Domino's, Pizza Hut, Papa John's, etc. or just the pepperoni, sausage, "Canadian Bacon", ham, and Bacon bits?

*If you don't eat at any of the above examples, what non-Muslim/non-Middle Eastern restaurants do you eat at?

and finally when it comes to Chick-Fil-A in particular...

*Do you avoid just the sausage/bacon breakfast items or do you avoid it completely?

*If you do avoid Chick-Fil-A outright is it simply for dietary compliance or more of a religious boycot of a company owned and run by Christian fanatics?

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  • G. #2
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Well I live in the Middle East, but I go to Europe in the summer.

    So during that time I:

    - I just eat at any restaurant, just I don't ask for pork or wine, and preferable no meat also, so for instance pizza margherita, or fish is good.

    - 0% pork content is acceptable.

    - I avoid sushi because I don't like it.

    - I avoid meat burgers, but fish are OK.

    - Don't have a clue what's Chick-Fill-A

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I actually eat anywhere, but its what I order that I look out for. I eat chicken outside, but just don't eat lamb or pork outside.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    info impacts my ideals thoroughly. As there's no (or little or no besides...i do no longer likely count variety a dusty previous e book as info) info for Christianity or all the religions i will think of of, i do no longer think in them. I place self assurance in scientific actuality, no longer prayer and faith. supply me some thing possible to have faith in and that i will have faith it, yet for now I proceed to be a proud agnostic atheist.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    My muslim friends will eat anywhere they serve halal meat, or vegetarian options. They don't mind who owns the shop or what else it serves, they just avoid certain foods.

  • 1 decade ago

    i am muslim so this is what i do

    dont go to any fast food places

    no bars

    no sausage?bacon

    u can go to regular resturants and hukkah bars

  • They dine on a airplane with bombs on it

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