The Malaysian Department of Islamic Development said it would not allow the dish to be certified as halal (permissible to Muslims) if it continues to be called bak kut teh.
Its deputy director Lokman Abdul Rahman told Utusan Malaysia that Muslims might mistakenly believe that the dish in general is now halal as Malaysians know bak kut teh as a herbal soup made with pork ribs.
“My suggestion is that the name be changed to another one, and not be continued to be called bak kut teh for the halal version,” he said.
Halal bak kut teh was introduced for the first time at a food festival co-organised by the Tourism Ministry last weekend.
For 2nd thought, is there a word written in the gospel of Quran saying that PORK or PIG is prohibited to be seen, mentioned, and not even think about it? But it looks like only Malaysian Islamic Development has another thought that PIGs like the mother of evil. Self interpret the quran and hold the power of GOD on their hands.
Wondering whether the whole world share the same thought? They think that they are different from the rest of the world. They are unique... Yes I agree, they are unique because they are the only group that unable to catch up the world developments, education and knowledge. They only focus on how to condemn others believes and culture. Condemn is their main focus now. For so many years, do their implementation reduce the numbers of rapes? reduce numbers of crime and drug addicts? So what function exactly the Malaysian Islamic Development doing? 1 for sure is wasting tax payers money.
