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Halal Taste t was the biggest sin that I’ve
ever made,” says Mubina
“IJabeen, a 21-year-old student
at the Chinese University of Hong
Hunt Kong.
The “sin” she committed was eat-
ing a pineapple bun made with lard
by accident when she was eight. Being
a pious Muslim, eating the bun is not
Local Muslims look for a more diverse selection of just a matter of making a wrong food
halal food choice. Consuming products contain-
ing pork content is a strict taboo in
By Hayley Wong & Regina Chen Islam.
“I felt extremely disgusted and I
was guilty at the same time... So, I had
to pray and ask for forgiveness from
my God,” she says.
To avoid consuming food forbid-
den by her religion again, Jabeen has
been extremely cautious in choosing
her food ever since.
