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Subject: Questions.
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Assalammu'alaikum,
    
     First let me introduce myself.  I'm a muslim from Malaysia and studying in
U.S. for more than 2 years. 
    I have two questions for all of the brothers.

First question:
     I have found that there are some of the brothers eat meat from Kroger and
some groccery store.  I told them that Kroger's meat is Haram.  We cannot eat
any meat that is not slughter by Muslim.
     But they said that Kroger is owned by Jewish so we can eat meat that've
been slaugther (may be) by Jewish since Jewish is Ahlil Kitab.
     
  But from what I've learned, there are no more ahlil kitab in this age
 because the Taurat and Injil are a corrupted text.

     What more supprise me is that there were even an Imam in the Islamic
Center in my town, gives khuttbah.  He said that since the price of slaugthered
meat is high, muslims can buy meat in Kroger or any grocery store????

     I'm not an expert in Islam.  I'm still learning everyday. Please someone
explain to me why are they buying an unslaugthered meat??
     

Second question:
     I've seen some of the brothers wore shoes when they were praying and when
they were taking wudhuk.
     From what I've learned, we must wear a clean cloth when we're praying.
Since shoes are dirty, we cannot wear it.

     Please explain to me why they do this??

   Please Post or Email me.
   Thank you.

-Mohd Fadhil