Some people are questioning the statement of 'pork-free' in relation with 'halal'.
Some other people are confuse with the statement of 'pork-free' and 'halal'.
'Pork-free' does not mean 'halal', because 'pork-free' means
they don't serve pork or their food and drinks don't have anything to do with pork. but in another hand, they still serve
alcohols.
By serving alcohols even without serving pork as food in the restaurant
does not qualify the restaurant to have the 'halal' certification.
That is why they did not put 'halal' or unable to put 'halal' at their restaurant, and they did not put 'non-halal' as well, but they put 'pork-free' instead.
Everyone other than Muslim knows that pork is non halal. So, when it came to non-halal, means they serve pork. So they will put up 'non-halal' sign if they serve pork in their restaurant. But why does if they did not serve pork but serve alcohols, they put 'pork-free' and no 'halal' sign but they did not put 'non-halal' instead of 'pork-free' just like they put up 'non-halal' when if they have pork? Whereas people knew that alcohols somehow is haram, and haram means not halal. Why is that?
Well, alcohols is haram, but 'haram' is in the sense of making a person drunk when drinking it. Once something or some drink/food when eaten/drinks will make the person drunk, it will automatically makes the drink/food haram. That is the statement to differentiate halal and haram. When a drink makes people drunk when drinking it, it will make the drink haram. When a food/something that can be eaten makes you/a person feels disgust, that food/something that can be eaten will be haram to you/that particular person (but not to others who did not feel disgust on that food/things that can be eaten).
See why does frog is haram? Because not only it lives on both water and land (amphibian), but they are disgusting right? Why does snake is haram but it still can be eaten and can consider halal if it is 'darurat'? Well, it is because if let say we talk about eating snake, how do we react on it? Disgusting right? That is why it became haram. But not only that, it is also because it has poison. Poisoners animals/plants can be fatal/deadly if to be eaten, that is what it is haram.
But of course, anyhow and anyway, if you are doubting about a food or drinks whether it is halal or haram, then that food or drinks will be automatically haram to you. If you doubt that food/drinks in a restaurant with a sign 'pork-free' but no 'halal' sign may not be halal, then all the food/drinks in that restaurant will be haram to you.
They only put up 'pork-free' sign because they do not serve pork in anyway. But they might have/serve alcohols in some point, or probably, their way of cooking or what we call 'penyembelihan' / slaughter of beef/mammals (ie: chicken, lamb, goat, cow, etc) might not be the right way that it should be done in Islam 'regulations' of preparing beef. And that is why they are not qualify or unable to put up 'halal' at their restaurant or not able to get 'halal' certification for their restaurant.
Anyway, if you really want to speak about restaurant with 'pork-free' sign but no 'halal' certification, then you should also think whether or not our fast food restaurant where you usually eat at and love, and you all consider their food to be 'halal' just because they have 'halal' certification, do they actually should get 'halal' certification or can be consider to be halal or they should not because do you even know that if the did the right way of 'penyembelihan' / slaughter on their chicken & beef? Because you all knew that those fast food restaurant is not from Malaysia, but from other countries. And you also knew that those fast food restaurant mostly are not halal because of they serve pork. And I believe, all of you also knew that those fast food restaurant in our country receive their stocks from the fast food restaurant's main country where their HQ are based. So, do you think that it is properly slaughter accordingly? You knew that to slaughter an animal, need to be done by hand, and not machine right? Do you think they use hands to slaughter all of those animal or do they use machine at their factory? See... I bet now you guys are really thinking about it....
So guys, if you really want to think about halal and haram, do please look at a broader way and not just by looking at one perspective of 'pork-free' sign and 'halal' certification. Some of you Muslim people consume alcohols until you get drunk, but you guys wanted to talk about halal and haram? Getting drunk by consuming alcohols are already haram, so you guys don't deserve to talk about halal and haram. And then talk about cigarette is now known to have pork liquid on it, but you Muslim people don't even care about it and still smoke those cigarette, even if you knew that pork is haram, means you are consuming pork liquid through the smoke that gone through your lungs when smoking, it is the same thing as consuming the pork itself. So still want to talk about halal and haram? Do kindly mirror yourself first.
