Halal is against the law in the EU, however it is legal in the UK due to an exemption in the law granted to Jews and Muslims. Halal Halal (; "", "permissible"), also spelled hallal or halaal, refers to what is permissible or lawful in traditional Islamic law. It is frequently applied to permissible food and drinks. In the Quran, the word "halal" is contrasted with "haram" (forbidden). In Islamic jurisprudence, this binary opposition was elaborated into a more complex classification known as "the five decisions": mandatory, recommended, neutral, reprehensible, and forbidden. Islamic jurists disagree on whether the term "halal" covers
Jew (word) the word makes its first appearance in writing (in the book of Esther) its meaning has already expanded to include converts to the Jewish religion as well as descendants of Israelites. The term "Yehudi" () occurs 74 times in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible. The plural, "Yehudim" () first appears in where it refers to a defeat for the Yehudi army or nation, and in , where it refers to the language of the Yehudim (). has the earliest singular usage of the word "Yehudi". In , the name "Yehudi" () has a generic aspect, in this case