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One-year-old Turkish entrepreneur Haluk Murat Demirel has opened the country's first halal store online.
This is not the first such enterprise in the world.
Successful predecessors can be found in different regions such as Bahrain, the Netherlands and Atlanta, Georgia. —
But the existence of such a market still raises some interesting problems.
For example, according to Hamza Yousuf, an American Islamic scholar and co-author, the sex store is halal and what is behind it
Founder of Zaytuna College, Berkeley, California
If any, this trend reflects the adaptability of capitalism.
There is no trend in the Muslim world, where things like herbal spring medicine have become commonplace, but have been watched for centuries.
He told Foreign Policy by phone: "Muslim countries have all this, but they don't advertise . ".
"It all goes back to the monetization of religion.
"But if halal shopkeepers are motivated by profit, Islam itself lays the foundation for business opportunities.
And strict rules before management
Marital sexual relations in Muslim culture, the Qur'an and the Holy training (record of quotations from the Prophet Muhammad and his companions) make it clear that sexual acts within the scope of marriage are not only for the sake of childbirth, like some Christian denominations.
Mohammed told men not to leave their wives for more than six months in order to avoid sexual neglect, and even some --
The foreplay known in the holy training.
As Yousef explained, "This is not an ordinary culture. . .
But etiquette is still important.
"For married Muslim couples, the specific etiquette regulates the right sexual relationship, separating the Holy Land (Prohibition) from halal.
"Online sex shops usually have pornographic pictures, which makes Muslims feel uncomfortable," Turkish owner demirere told Reuters . ".
"For example, we do not sell vibrators because they are not approved by Islam.
"According to yousufu, there are some differences in the extent of masturbation --
And related sex toys. is prohibited.
"Some scholars say it is forbidden, others say it is not encouraging," he said . ".
"Those who say they don't encourage say it's just to prevent private communication or relief.
The Quran is widely understood as part of the prohibition of masturbation, saying that "believers" are those who "protect their sexual organs in addition to spouses. . . .
No matter who seeks to surpass [sexual satisfaction], then they are violators.
"The Vibrators and similar toys also do not exceed the Islamic ban on inserting foreign objects into the body," said yousufu.
He told FP that even the enemy would be discouraged.
Abdelaziz Aouragh, the owner of a Dutch halal store called El Asira, told the Los Angeles Times on 2010 that "there are a lot of fatis [Islamic rulings ". . . [sex toys] . . .
So obviously they are not allowed.
I'll sell them if I can, but not.
"At the online boutique in Aouragh, isolated according to Islamic deep dah tradition or gender, there are even separate places for men and women to log in.
Halal shops also cannot display pornographic images because they expose the awrah of a person, an Arabic word that is an area where access to the public is prohibited.
According to Hamza yousufu, women are not allowed to see areas extending from the navel to the knee in another woman, and men are only allowed to see the woman's face and hands.
While Turkey is the only Muslim country where pornography is technically legal, the huge black market dedicated to its service is carried out through Muslim countries and there is strict-
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Perhaps the most direct aspect of halal shops is that they only provide halal-
Certified massage oils, lubricants and other such products.
For example, halal food using animal by-products cannot include pork and must come from animals killed under Islamic rules.
According to Hamza Yusuf, condoms made of pig fat, for example, will be holy places.
As Yousef pointed out, there is little revolutionary in the Muslim world about products like spring medicine, and there are even some reports of silence --
In Muslim countries, sex toys can be bought and sold at Tupperware parties like plastic containers.
At the moment, demyrell appears satisfied with the "unexpected popularity" of his site (and the particularly unexpected demand for women's products), which attracts 33,000 visitors.
We already know that sex can be sold, but for centuries
The old religious tradition, you have a great business model of your own.