Animal-based gelatine and cheesemaking / Nur Shahida Mohamed … [et al.]

In today's world, there are many types of food that have illegal sources and the community, especially Muslims, question the halal logo found on the food plastic. This situation has raised issues and doubts among Muslims. There is also the issue of making cheese and gelatine from animals. In fact, there is no denying the issue of gelatine from animals that is a source of contention among the Muslim community. This is where the President of the Association of Sunnah Waljamaah Malaysia (ASWAJA), namely Zamihan Mat Zin, criticized the opinion of scholars who came up with a "perverse fatwa" that food containing pork gelatine is halal for Muslims. Furthermore, he also wants the authorities to prosecute those who have spread such beliefs in Malaysia on the grounds that they are contrary to the evidence of the Al-Quran and the beliefs of Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah and called for the religious authorities to investigate and take action gainst any individual who often sparked controversy and issued perverse religious fatwa.

Furthermore, the famous preacher Mohd Kazim Elias criticized Islamic scholar Dr Yusuf Al-Qardawi who wrote on his website that animal gelatine is included in food products because it is transformed into other substances. Furthermore, all four schools of lslam hold that anything related to pork should not be eaten. This is clear, the issue of gelatine has caused differences of opinion and doubts among Muslims. In addition, there is also the use of gelatine in sweets, which is an issue taken from Astro Awani, "Gelatine pig sweet, with halal logo make netizens worried" This situation not only surprised netizens, but also made netizens wonder, how can sweets the sugar can be sold in the market.