Kosher and Halal are pretty much the same, because Mohammed got most of his ideas about food preparation, and which foods to eat, from the Jews and from his imperfect understanding of the Bible.
There is nothing about kosher or halal food that isn’t perfectly OK for a Christian to eat from a physical perspective. The sticking point is blessing it in the name of Allah.
That should be a sticking point for strict Orthodox Jews, as well. When the Book of Acts forbids eating meat that has been sacrificed to idols, it is thinking chiefly of Graeco-Roman practices. But what the Apostles were arguing about, in that chapter of Acts, was which Jewish ritual laws they should retain, and which could be abandoned. They drew the line at meat sacrificed to idols—i.e., false gods.
If Allah isn’t a false god, I don’t know who is. Sure, Islam is Monotheistic, but just take a look at some of the things that Allah orders, and then tell me that he is the same as the God of the Bible. Much of what Allah orders his followers to do is devilish, unfortunately.
Well said.
That is not quite correct. It was about the minimum standards to be held by Gentiles "to be saved," and allowed into the company of Jews in Synagogue worship. The Pharisees among them argued that the Gentiles should be circumcised and held to ALL the Laws of Moses. Paul and Barnabas suggested otherwise, citing the great works of G_d in their conversions. There was no argument among any present that the Jewish followers of Yeshua were still bound to the Mosaic Laws.