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enilakla on Feb 2, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Some insects I found inside dried Turkish figs fro...

Not a Muslim but eating insects isn’t considered haram and some are halal even.

maksimur on Feb 2, 2023 [–]

It seems like insects are halal only if they have a "clean" diet. So things like cockroaches are haram but locusts and fig-inhabiting insects are halal because they feast on what humans feast.

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